I have a book that was given to me by my dear friend Betty several years ago.  The title of it is “Smell the Roses…Finding Simplicity in a Hectic World”, written and compiled by Ellyn Sanna.  Now, I found this book the other day, tucked in among many others on my bookshelf, and thought I would share bits and pieces of it here with you from time to time. 

We all live in a hectic world.  No matter how peaceful our life may be, no matter how *off the grid* we choose to live, we still live in the world, and it becomes more hectic and more dangerous every day.  Now, there isn’t much any of us can do about that, including politicians.  It would require ALL of the politicians ALL over the world coming together in one accord to truly bring peace to this world.  And that just isn’t going to happen.  But that’s another subject for another day. 

Here is the excerpt I’ve chosen to share with you today…enjoy!

As Peaceful as a Flower…

We complicate our lives when we borrow trouble from the future.  We waste our energy worrying about what might happen tomorrow; we become franctic and pressured looking at the many responsibilities on our to-do list for the next week; we lie awake obsessing over our plans for the upcoming month.

Meanwhile we miss the precious gift of peace that God has given us right here, right now, in this tiny present moment that touches eternity.  Be like the wildflowers, Jesus tells us in the Gospels, simply soaking up today’s sunshine:

“Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself” (Matthew 6:34). 

Children live the same way, delighting in the here and now, untroubled by the future.  When we can find that same wholehearted simplicity, we, too, will know the peace of God’s kingdom.

Whosoever shall not receive the kingdom of God as a little child shall in no wise enter therein.

Luke 18:17

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