The Carefree Life

Every once in a while I daydream about the carefree life. What if I could put my feet up and plan my day around my comfort? I would enjoy Thai-curry cashews and Chai lattes; read and write all day. But the carefree life is also the goal-free life. It's also hope-free, joy-free, and growth-free. It's like gimmicky diet food- free of everything including actual nutrition. Like it or not, my greatest joys come with a measure of pain. Christ came to give me freedom from myself, not a life of ease.

"If anyone would come after Me, let him deny himself, take up his cross daily, and follow Me." -Jesus (Luke 9:23).

Ponder this- What cross are you carrying? Hint-it's connected with self-denial; what is the Lord asking you to surrender to Him?

My Prayer- Lord help me to give you myself daily. Help me to surrender all my life to you- in how I speak, in what I watch, in decisions big and small- I want you to be in control.

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