by Jeanni Shepherd | Jan 29, 2021 | Simplicity
Less really is more. Only those who have nothing to prove and nothing to protect, those who have in them a broad space big enough to embrace every part of their part of their own soul, can receive the Christ. And Christ himself will lead us on this path....
by Jeanni Shepherd | Jan 22, 2021 | Simplicity
One thing I ask from the Lord, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the Lord and to seek him in his temple. –Psalm 27:4 NIV84 Contemplation is a close friend of simplicity. In it’s...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Jan 15, 2021 | Simplicity
I would not give a fig for the simplicity this side of complexity, but I would give my life for the simplicity on the other side of complexity. –Oliver Wendell Holmes It took the American Civil War to disillusion and dispirit young Oliver Wendell Holmes. As an...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Jan 8, 2021 | Simplicity
Don’t be obsessed with getting more material things. Be relaxed with what you have. Since God assured us, “I’ll never let you down, never walk off and leave you,” we can boldly quote, God is there, ready to help;I’m fearless no matter what.Who or what can get to me?...
by Jeanni Shepherd | Jan 1, 2021 | Simplicity
Steep your life in God-reality, God-initiative, God-provisions. Don’t worry about missing out. You’ll find all your everyday human concerns will be met. –Matthew 6:33 MSG How ironic is it that, having “left all” to follow Christ reassured of His whole presence...
