A Dare

How long has it been since you just let the simple pleasures carry you away? So often I complicate things with my grandiose ideas. It's been ages since I simply contemplated a single glorious truth without inserting it into a system of ideas to see how it plays out in my worldview. For instance, instead of delighting in the simple fact that I am alive and that I am loved of God I spend so much time thinking about doctrinal systems and the complex dimensions of the gospel I miss the purer, simpler, more glorious truths. If you know me you know that I sometimes complain that it's so hard to get knowledge to transfer from my head to my heart. But I'm realizing tonight that that problem is partly my own fault. Haven't you noticed that things that make you feel real happiness are such simple things? People don't read philosophy books to feel good! They go outside on a warm day! They eat ice cream with friends! They read novels on rainy days! They drink hot chocolate when it's snowing! The simpler the "idea", the easier it is to transfer it into your heart. I just had a thought. Tell me what you think. I'm going to dare myself to do something I've never done before. I don't know why I didn't think of this before. I think it'll make me much happier as I attempt to do this. I'm going to make war on my cognitive approach to faith in God. Aggressively make war. I'm going to try and catch myself as I approach doctrine as a thing to be understood and fitted into a system of beliefs rather than simply enjoyed. First, I'll try it for just a day. Then I'll see where it goes from there. You can feel free to try it too. Let me know how it goes for you!