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Today I am participating in Five Minute Friday where we freewrite for five minutes flat on the prompt, Simplify.
Simplify. Ahhhh. One of my favorite words. It was actually my word about 7 years ago. It started a string of words that just seemed to blend all together. But I believe “simplify” or “simplicity” was the first.
I became very interested in minimalism a few years after that. Minimalism is the art of simplicity. It is reducing the amount of clutter and making room for the important. That is a practice I have tried to implement in my own life.
For Believers I believe simplifying is incredibly important. In Mark 4, in the Parable of the Sower, Jesus talks about the different type of ground seed is sown on. Later he explains the parable to His disciples.
The third type of ground is where the cares of this life and things of this world come in and choke the word, causing it to be unfruitful. What does that mean? I believe it means that when we are so consumed with worry about anything, or when we are bombarded with an endless amount of things to do, and stuff to care for, the Word can have no place in our lives. It has no room to grow and produce fruit.
The good news is that this is something we can change, simply by simplifying. We can simplify our thoughts. We can simplify our consumption. We can make room for God’s Word and it will produce in our lives.
Intentionality is definitely key to simplifying. Making room for the important involves choice; it certainly won’t happen on its own in this world of bombarding messages and options. 2017 was an unexpected year of simplicity for me, and God’s word provided refuge. I hope I will remain intentional in this new year. My prayer is the same for you. (Your FMF neighbor #26)
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