8.20 RECALIBRATE (wk5) The Gifts of Margin, Limits, & Simplicity - a podcast by George Stull

In this teaching, George talks about the lack of margin many of us live with leading to chronic overload and exhaustion. The American Psychological Association says 7 out of 10 U.S. adults feel completely overwhelmed with life. Jesus says we can learn the unforced rhythms of grace to live more lightly and freely. 

SLIDES GEORGE READ IN OUR GATHERING

In emotionally healthy churches, people understand the limits God has given them. They joyfully receive them as a gift. As a result, they are not frenzied or covetous, trying to live a life God never intended. They are marked by contentment and joy. Emotionally healthy churches also embrace their limits with the same joy and contentment. Not attempting to be like another church. Exhaustion, anxiety, burnout, superficial spirituality. These are usually signs that we are living outside of our God-given limitations. Pete Scarzero, Emotionally Healthy Church

Jesus wants us to know that we don’t need all the things or experiences we think we do. Simplicity creates margins and spaces and openness in our lives. Simplicity asks us to let go of the tangle of wants so we can receive the simple gifts of life that cannot be taken away. Simplicity invites us into daily pleasures that can open us to God, who is present in them all.  

Adele Ahlberg Calhoun, Spiritual Disciplines Handbook: Practice That Transform Us

*SONG CREDIT “Take It Easy” by Matt Maher

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