a message from pastor jimmy

the wisdom of simplicity

          As we look to November approaching, some of us start to "panic" over the chaos ahead.  Homecoming at FCC, the holidays, and 2024 coming to an end.  Our planning calendars are filling up and we start worrying about how we will get it all done.  Ironically, I just read a section of Matthew Kelly's book, "Life is Messy" called the Wisdom of Simplicity.  Let me share some of its main points.
          Would you describe your life as beautifully simple or tragically complicated?  The wishes of every age have valued simplicity, while the average person falls into a dozen complications every day.  Albert Einstein observed that "Genius is taking the complex and making it simple".  Perhaps it is time to apply this genius to our lives.  'William of Ockham, a 14th century philosopher, said "The simplest solution is almost always the best".  Henry Thoreau observed "I believe in simplicity.  It is astonishing as well as sad how many trivial affairs even the wisest thinks he must attend to in a day."    
         Everyday you face hundreds of choices, options, and decisions.  We fall into complexity by default, and it is an unerring habit of creating a mess or adding to the mess.  Allow yourself to be governed by a quest for simplicity.  We do not spend enough time reflecting on life.  We spend more time planning our annual vacation than we do considering our lives.
          Adopt the wisdom of simplicity.  Apply it to every aspect of your life.  It is an excellent path to clarity and peace.  Simple living is the essence of wisdom.  If you are stuck, the most natural way to get unstuck is to simplify your life, strip away everything that is not essential.  To move forward you need clarity and simplicity gives birth to clarity.
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                                                                                                   Be Simple and Be Blessed,
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