{reminder}

This is my biblical mantra for next year... "Jesus said, "Don't load yoursel[f] up with equipment. Keep it simple: you are the equipment." (Luke 9:3 MSG)

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What Jesus said

serves as a reminder

or maybe even a

first

thought. He said

the words we need to hear

the words that give us

peace

love

hope

courage to go on.

What Jesus said

hits me hard

like a ton of bricks.

convicted.

Live simply, he said.

Don't load yourself

up,

he said.

What Jesus said

reminds me that I am

enough.

I am what I am,

just like

God is

what God is.

I am reminded

that I am what I

need.

No more and

certainly

no less.

Material objects are

futile.

To live a life for

Christ

all we need is to

let God be God

in us.

through us.

with us.

In God we

live and

move and

have our being.

That is more than

enough

for me to keep living

and moving

and being.

It is a reminder

to me

to love people with

my equipment.

To love people

with

all of me.

Keep it

simple,

he said. Because

you

are the equipment.