{"id":1177,"date":"2012-09-12T05:24:28","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T05:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.daisysgarden.ca\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2012-09-12T05:24:28","modified_gmt":"2012-09-12T05:24:28","slug":"stronger-simplicity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proverbs31momma.com\/index.php\/2012\/09\/12\/stronger-simplicity\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger Simplicity."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A few days ago, I spent my day on the floor. Purely by choice. I sat there and colored, played, & cuddled. I noticed that my carpet needs a good deep clean or just a vacuum and I realized that there are a lot of crayons I should get up and throw away. But I didn’t do any of it.<\/p>\n

I just colored. I even just let my mind be at peace. No, that’s not right. I had to consciously think, “My girls are more important than everything going on in life right now. And if I don’t slow down and just spend my day coloring with them, or eating cookies for lunch (No!) with them, these moments will be gone before we know it.” Sometimes all the adult thinking that we do, the over analyzing leads us to believe that what we think about during prayer is really God. I think a lot of times, we as adults draw an invisible grey line in our minds between thinking about the situation and actually hearing God.<\/p>\n

Why is that? Is it because we’ve had too much life experience to see through all the noise life has created? I’d have to say yes, the noise of life around us leaves little time for the quiet and peace our children really do provide.<\/p>\n

At a time of year where I’m so used to planning, prepping and getting organized, I’m learning to let go. I’m learning to listen. I’m learning to walk away. I’m learning sometimes the deepest healing comes from starting over.<\/p>\n

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