Simplicity

 I came across this quote the other day that speaks to what it means to simplify:

"The ability to simplify means to eliminate the unnecessary so that the necessary may speak."

I think these words describe exactly what is going on for us in these strange and tumultuous days.
We are being forced to simplify.  Our lives are being changed through reduction that is leading to simplification.  It can really hurt but it can also be a thing of incredible liberation.

Why?

Because we are being offered an unprecedented opportunity to hear the necessary as all the unnecessary is taken away. 

Just look at the picture above. . .do you see the still calm water?  Do you see how there isn't even a ripple, and how the boats are serenely floating in that stillness?

I chose this image intentionally because it represents how our souls can become calm in this time when our lives are being simplified.  And instead of fighting it, I want to encourage you to embrace it.

Just listen to the heart of God reaching out to you today in Psalm 23:1-3 "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not be in want.  He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul."

When I think about how life is being simplified for me; about how attractive still waters in my soul sounds; about how my Lord Jesus is actively leading me to sit down with Him in this simple and quiet place with Him, I can begin to feel my soul being restored. . .and it is so very good.

Today the Lord is inviting you to sit with him beside the waters that He has stilled just for you, so you could freely enjoy His voice that is speaking the most necessary words you need to hear:  "I love you.  I've got you.  Enjoy your soul being restored with Me here, right now."

My prayer for you is that you will be filled with peace that literally passes all of your ability to understand.

Enjoy.

B