Comments on: How I long to be simple http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/ God embracing people. Sat, 25 Jun 2011 01:22:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Douglas Oxford http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-587 Douglas Oxford Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:25:25 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-587 Amen. Amen.

]]> By: Chuck Penney http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-406 Chuck Penney Wed, 07 Jan 2009 01:07:24 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-406 What great timing for such beautiful words about simplicity. God did not create chaos—He has always been about simplicity. He gave us a perfect job description that would keep life simple; love God and love others. He taught us to ask only for “this day” our daily bread and never to worry about tomorrow. Look around—the enemy has gone to great lengths to create a world full of chaos (distractions) and wants to drag us into it. BUT greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. We serve a God that does not change—more simplicity that you can count on. I believe we are living in a time where God has provided us rich fertile soil in which we truly can get back to His Kingdom basics to grow in and to advance His Kingdom in. It is a great time to be walking with all of you=} What great timing for such beautiful words about simplicity. God did not create chaos—He has always been about simplicity. He gave us a perfect job description that would keep life simple; love God and love others. He taught us to ask only for “this day” our daily bread and never to worry about tomorrow. Look around—the enemy has gone to great lengths to create a world full of chaos (distractions) and wants to drag us into it. BUT greater is He that is in us than he that is in the world. We serve a God that does not change—more simplicity that you can count on. I believe we are living in a time where God has provided us rich fertile soil in which we truly can get back to His Kingdom basics to grow in and to advance His Kingdom in. It is a great time to be walking with all of you=}

]]> By: Julie http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-405 Julie Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:46:28 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-405 Thanks for the reminder. Your words take me away to another world. I often long to be there. I guess I often miss those little moments. Or when I have them they seems too short like it's impossible to live there. Even now as I would like to enjoy this moment of sharing my heart and seeing my thoughts expressed my other people, I hear my son waking from his nap. I know that this "moment" will quickly be over. I think it's the rushing that bothers me. It always has. If I feel rushed I feel stressed. If I feel stressed I feel without peace. It's not that it won't be wonderful to go in and hold my waking baby, but I hate feeling rushed. I know I have to adjust because there is no changing the nature of life with two toddlers. I just can't figure out how to slow down on the inside when everything is so hectic on the outside. Julie Thanks for the reminder. Your words take me away to another world. I often long to be there. I guess I often miss those little moments. Or when I have them they seems too short like it’s impossible to live there. Even now as I would like to enjoy this moment of sharing my heart and seeing my thoughts expressed my other people, I hear my son waking from his nap. I know that this “moment” will quickly be over. I think it’s the rushing that bothers me. It always has. If I feel rushed I feel stressed. If I feel stressed I feel without peace. It’s not that it won’t be wonderful to go in and hold my waking baby, but I hate feeling rushed. I know I have to adjust because there is no changing the nature of life with two toddlers. I just can’t figure out how to slow down on the inside when everything is so hectic on the outside.
Julie

]]> By: Dave Jacobs http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-403 Dave Jacobs Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:01:03 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-403 Beautiful. Simple. Well put. Thomas Merton once said, "The spiritual life is not difficult, but it is hard." May we all press into the hard. Beautiful. Simple. Well put. Thomas Merton once said, “The spiritual life is not difficult, but it is hard.” May we all press into the hard.

]]> By: Keri http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-402 Keri Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:45:41 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-402 I love this. Very well written. Very inspiring! I love this. Very well written. Very inspiring!

]]> By: timbrel http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-401 timbrel Tue, 06 Jan 2009 13:24:01 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-401 I can completely appreciate this and relate to it--we are so fully made to enjoy. (Can you believe how the enemy robs us of this simple concept?) I must admit that I, too, am guilty of stressing over the little things--of being afraid of disappointing those around me, or concerened with how my makeup is applied--but the truth is, we are here to love God and love others. I try to stress that to my son so much. He sometimes asks, "What if I don't get into heaven?" But I tell him, "Remember, Aidan, we are only called to love God and love others with all our hearts." Thank you so much for understanding this truth, and for finding it important enough to impress it upon other people's hearts. I hope that I'll be able to express love the way that you desire to as well. Much love. I can completely appreciate this and relate to it–we are so fully made to enjoy. (Can you believe how the enemy robs us of this simple concept?) I must admit that I, too, am guilty of stressing over the little things–of being afraid of disappointing those around me, or concerened with how my makeup is applied–but the truth is, we are here to love God and love others. I try to stress that to my son so much. He sometimes asks, “What if I don’t get into heaven?” But I tell him, “Remember, Aidan, we are only called to love God and love others with all our hearts.”

Thank you so much for understanding this truth, and for finding it important enough to impress it upon other people’s hearts.

I hope that I’ll be able to express love the way that you desire to as well.

Much love.

]]> By: Haynes http://www.vccaugusta.org/2009/01/06/how-i-long-to-be-simple/comment-page-1/#comment-400 Haynes Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:03:55 +0000 http://www.vccaugusta.org/?p=333#comment-400 Oh how I dream of the day I can resume those activities and all others that I can't even remember, pleased me with their simplicity. These are times that try men's ability to reason and act intelligently in spite of the unreasonable and unfair nature of our current crisis es. In some eastern language the word crisis is synonymous with the word opportunity. Maybe opportunity is simplicity. Oh how I pray, it is so! jhw Oh how I dream of the day I can resume those activities and all others that I can’t even remember, pleased me with their simplicity. These are times that try men’s ability to reason and act intelligently in spite of the unreasonable and unfair nature of our current crisis es. In some eastern language the word crisis is synonymous with the word opportunity. Maybe opportunity is simplicity. Oh how I pray, it is so! jhw

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