Re-Post: Keeping Life Simple-part 2

Jesus is the master of simplifying life.  The laws of the Old Testament were many and complex but Jesus made it very easy to follow them (Matthew 22:36-40) ³⁶“Teacher, which is the great commandment in the law?” ³⁷Jesus said to him, “‘You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ ³⁸This is the first and great commandment. ³⁹And the second is like it: ‘You    shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ ⁴⁰On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets.” Jesus’ answers concerning life are always simple even though it may not always be easy to carry them out.  Paul too had a quest to keep life simple in 2Corinthians 1:12, he writes,  “For our rejoicing is this, the testimony of our conscience, that in simplicity and godly sincerity, not with fleshly    wisdom, but by the grace of God, we have had our conversation in the world, and more abundantly to you-ward. Paul had a heart for following the Lord.  He patterned his life after the example of Jesus (see 2Corinthians 11:3) The devil tried to complicate God’s simple instructions to Adam and Eve.  He still tries today to complicate our lives by injecting thoughts into our       minds.

            We must choose to keep life simple! It’s our choice when things get crazy.

Sometimes our responsibilities and the pressures of life affect us in a negative way.

We see this in the story of Mary and her sister Martha. Luke 10:38-42 As Jesus and his disciples were on their way, He came to a village where a woman named Martha opened her home to Him.  She had a sister called Mary, who sat at the Lord's feet listening to what He said.  But Martha was distracted by all the preparations that had to be made. She came to Him and asked, "Lord, don't you care that my sister has left me to do the work by   myself? Tell her to help me!"  "Martha, Martha," the Lord answered, "you are worried and upset about many things, but only one thing   is needed. Mary has chosen what is better, and it will not be taken away from her." We all are faced with this choice so to help me keep my crazy world on track starting tomorrow I'll  give you the 18 steps I use to keep life simple when things are crazy.

to be continued...