Simplicity

You know, we tend to make life pretty complicated. That and then it can kinda get complicated on us with all kinds of drama. A friend said this the other day.

"Hope, faith and love. If I do nothing else but love deeply and selflessly, it would be a life well lived."

Really, it's that simple. I think Jesus people have complicated spirituality way too much with big words, conventions, and theories. There's always some new movement or theory when really there is 'nothing new under the sun.' There's talk of leadership, vision, passion, and all those other words that are fine in and of themselves. But really all of those things are just fluff. And we use all those kinds of ideas to sometimes make us feel like we're going somewhere, doing something. We have this NEED to be significant. There's nothing wrong with that.

But what about the simplicity of living a simple life? Yes, doing things extraordinarily because of Jesus. But doing them out of love for Him and love for people. THAT makes life significant and extraordinary. Not fancy theories. The fluffies are sometimes necessary because those make the world go round. They bring the drama that causes us to HAVE TO love people in spite of them and us. But really, let's just leave it at that - to love deeply and selflessly.