I picked up an old book this morning to re-read some sections with a cup of hot chocolate. I didn't know this was in there, but how fitting for seeking the simple. And this particular idea, the struggle to seek God's will and yet not to be sure of it, has been on my mind for months if not longer.
"If we are in communion with God and recognize that He is taking us into His purposes, we shall no longer try to find out what his purposes are. As we go on in the Christian life it gets simpler, because we are less inclined to say - Now why did God allow this and that? Behind the whole thing lies the compelling of God. 'There's a divinity that shapes our ends.' A Christian is one who trusts the wits and wisdom of God, and not his own wits. If we hav ea purpose of our own, it destroys the simplicity and the leisureliness which ought to characterize the children of God." --Oswald Chambers
Of course, I think it goes without saying (but I will say it anyway) that this simplicity and leisureliness is not intended to equate with disregard and laziness. An active faith is not hidden away in a room - it's easy to find simplicity there. The greater struggle is to live boldly and in relationships with others, yet still find the simple in the midst of this fulness.
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