...as John Calvin once wrote. I've realised a lot lately that I am a simple fellow who inhabits a fairly simple if somewhat chaotic universe. And so it is unsurprising perhaps that it turns out one of my idols is simplicity itself!
Through analysing some of my frustrations, weaknesses and struggles in recent months and years (related to family life, church life, IFES team life, the Greek bureaucracy, UK transport policy, supermarket shelves [why so may types of baby wipes?] and many others) with Dawn, it turns out that I have idolised the easy life. This is probably related to laziness, though not only that.
I still think that simple is better than complicated, and I don't think the solution is to clutter me up, but our hearts so easily set themselves on the stuff rather than the creator - be it technological stuff, wearable stuff, the big stuff that we live in (houses I mean) or quality of life stuff: for me, a simple life with a minimum of clutter and distraction and choice! And if our hearts are excited and satisfied by the stuff rather than the provider of it, the Lord of it, it's idolatry.
What are your idols?
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