Simple Trust part 2

When I was a kid, we used to sing this song

Trust and Obey

For there's no other way

To be happy in Jesus

Than to trust and obey

Maybe you sang this one too?

When you are a child, everything seems so simple

You eat, you play, you hang around friends, your parents teach and guide you, you sleep

then,

responsibility sets in and we forget the simple part(s)

We get distracted
We lose focus
We buy into lies of what we "need"
We make it difficult on ourselves

But Jesus comes round again and again and again

Showing us the path of freedom

"be like a child," He suggests

"trust Me, obey Me," He says

"Seek God and His kingdom first and all these things-shelter, food, clothing-will be provided, " He reminds us

Can it really be that simple?

I believe it is

What do you think?

Simple Trust

Last Sunday I met a new friend, Jameson

I went to pray with him and his parents

He was such a beautiful little seven month old creation of God

He lived two more days before going to be with Jesus

Deep down, my soul hurts

No one should have to go through what his parents did this past year

Some say the hardest thing in life is to outlive your children

There is a pain his parents know most of us will never ever understand

I think and pray for them

As i shared with others. there were no words available...just deep feelings

Times like this really boil a lot of life down to its essential meaning, right?

Most of our lives we are just going and going and going and rarely stop or slow down unless something major happens

But every once in a while we have to stop and think

Life is rather simple

We are born
We are given a few years of life (and pay taxes)
We die
We are reborn into eternity

We make choices

We either keep it simple or we make it complicated

We either stay focused or we get distracted

We are either honest or live in denial

We either trust God and His plan for history or we think we know better

We either listen for His voice and trust Him with our life or we trust ourselves

Is this too simple?

I met a family this week where it has to be this simple

And while they wrestle with tough questions, they are putting their trust in God

They told me, "he will either lay in our lap or in the lap of Jesus-both sound like good options for our son"

P.S. If you'd like to meet jameson, his blog is http://jtsetsma.blogspot.com/