I am trying to figure out how this works...how can I live a simple life? I feel like a million other things demand my attention and require my focus. How can I just have time to sit, enjoy God's word, delight in His creation without having to do lists, a checkbook, homework, phone calls, lesson plans, book reports, emails, etc. whirling through my head? By the time I do everything I am supposed to, I am left exhausted, sleepy, and worn out. Are we missing something?
I keep thinking back to my time in England...a leisurely breakfast with friends, class from 9-11, maybe community groups, and then reading in the garden, walking into town, exploring the cathedral, having coffee with Rachel, and concluding the night with a movie or a fun card game with our international friends. My life was so full, but so simple. So beautiful. So therapeutic. So healing.
"One thing I ask of the Lord; this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple." Psalm 27:4
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it just gets more and more busy doesn't it? i've been getting ready to journal about this very thing- and so on the top of the page of my trail journal it says...'if you don't use it everyday you probably don't need it.' I guess that is focused on material things but in a similar vein I think it can be true for most parts of life. On the trail it is about knowing where you are going each day and so you know what to say 'no' to (what not to carry) so that you can get there and still joy the sunset and the stream and the little things along the way. I liked your thoughts...and am now a follower.
peace.
dave
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