Christianity is too hard! There I said it... what of it? But don't get me wrong, it's not the Christ who has made Christianity difficult, it's the Christians who have made it so.
CS Lewis said, "What we want is not more books about Christianity, but more books by Christians on other subjects." What I want to focus on about this statement though is the fact that we say too much. We write too much and speak too much. We have too much to say about how people should be 'doing' this thing called Christianity. We make it too hard to keep up with our lifestyle because we have so many theories and formulas of how to do it right. Now I'm not saying that all of the books, TV shows, sermons, dramas, etc. have not been inspired by the Holy Spirit. What I am saying is sometimes we need to turn it off (not the Holy Spirit, actually that's what is left when you turn it off)... turn off what everyone else is saying. Declutter your soul and spirit of the words of everyone else. Take the complexities and turn them into a simplicity. Run to the root. The root is the Word, the wellspring, the original of God's inspired words to man. Because where do all Christian books, TV shows, sermons, dramas, etc. flow from? They flow from The Bible (or at least they should, because if they don't line up with the Word, we've got another problem on our hands).
Simplify. Simplify. Simplify... that might actually be my favorite word, because in it lies the connotation of relief, unburdening, destressing. Simplify your life by going to the root. Get in the Word and know what it says for yourself. Drop all manner of formulas and hocus-pocus. Faith, Hope, and Love is what it boils down to. There's no formula! It's knowing His Word and spending time with Him and all other manner of this Christian walk will find its way with each step. Know for yourself what He says and you won't need 10 million how-to books!
Smith Wigglesworth only ever read the Bible and never wrote a book... and yet his walk with the Lord was one of the most powerful!
Now having said this I feel like I must back track. Reading the Word reveals that we need the Body of Christ to help us live... so what I'm saying is, you cannot rely solely on the body because the Head is what gives the body direction!
(Side Note: Sometimes I don't make sense, because my thoughts find it hard to make it to paper and express what I'm really thinking. In fact, based on what I've just said in this blog, you shouldn't read what I've just written anyway HAHA.)
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