The Gift of a Simpler Time



When much is stripped away 
It creates a cleansing of sorts.
It strips you down to the basics. 
Letting you see what you've been missing. 
Where your priorities have been off 

Its where the Lord meets the heart 
because you're finally still enough to listen. 
In this simpler time.

And you wait.

The dust dissipates. 
You settle into a new normal.

Looking around, you see. 
The most important things are still there.  
Peaking through.  
You realize, the loss of the last months of middle school and kindergarten
the canceled family birthday party
weekend away, Michael Bublé concert and daughter's first sleepover...
All pale in comparison to what really matters. 
Your people. 
Your family. 
Your friends. 

You've been given time with no agenda. 
The pace of your mind slows to your schedule.
And your heart leans into a simpler time. 

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