9: So Naaman came with his horses and with his chariot, and stood at the door of the house of Elisha. 2 Kings
This line is in the middle of the story of the important man Naaman who ended up following directions of a foreign prophet (who wouldn't even see him in person). These directions cured him of a long term skin affliction. He went home happy and praising the God of Israel.
Naaman was very skeptical of the directions, just wash 7 times in the Jordan?! How many times have we tried to make something harder than it is because we think that things need to be difficult, expensive or complicated to be good. Lots of complicated things (computers, cameras, etc) are good. But plenty of very good things are very simple, sunshine, good food.
We could do far worse than to focus on the simple clear things that we can do that make life nicer. Smile, say hi, just pick up whatever is lying around looking untidy. Let's see how well this week goes when I try that.
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