What is true?
What is eternal?
I wrote these questions in my journal earlier this week and they’ve stayed on my mind since. Bill Fullilove asked us a lot of good questions on our mid year retreat about our values and things that we want in our lives long term. One of the values I listed was simplicity. I think this is something I’ve been processing for a while especially in terms of following Jesus and how we are called to look different from the world. Our culture screams more and nothing is ever enough.
When I think of what I fear most in the future, it would be getting so caught up in this cycle of thinking… I want a good job, and eventually a family, then to be able to provide for them and a beautiful house to have friends over, to travel… the list could go on and on. Once I get one, I’ll want the next. What will ultimately satisfy me? I know the answer. And something I think a lot of us are realizing is that what we desire isn’t wrong, in fact God wants us to take those desires to him and dream.
But the line is fine. And I want to walk it well. I want to simplify the things that don’t matter in the light of spending eternity with Jesus Christ.
- morgan