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How many of you have a goal to read through the Bible this year? Excellent! I applaud you and I pray that you are able to stick it out. I have been truly blessed by each full and sequential reading of the Scriptures.
However, if I’m honest, when it comes to portions of the Law and the Prophets, my eyes get a little glossy and I am grateful I don’t have to remember all the details of each of those instructions, as God passed them down to the Israelites. Don’t misunderstand me. God, as our Creator and Heavenly Father, knew what He was talking about as He instructed His chosen people to live in a certain way, based on these laws. Then, through the prophets, He warned them of what would happen if they did not keep those laws.
Thankfully, God’s master plan and original design was not for us to be subjected to every detail of those laws for all time. The sacrifices were inadequate until the perfect sacrifice came to earth, Jesus Christ, God’s own Son.
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Echoed on the walls of tiny houses and whispered in gardens, is the popular word, and goal of many women: “simplify.” The complications of life have us longing for a simpler time in which the stresses of life were more manageable, less demanding, and allowed for a cup of coffee with a friend.
Many of our grandparents would agree that life was simpler a few decades ago, but I guarantee there were times when they were equally stressed or overwhelmed.
A “simpler time” is not based on a shorter to-do list, but rather on a humble attitude with which we approach our lives, our relationships, and our responsibilities.