I need less of this...

Nothing! I need more contact with humans, more inspiration, more Bible Study, not less in order to keep writing. I need more challenges to teach me new things and expand my imagination. I already have a limited food list so less food would not a good thing but I don’t need more either. I need more work to get me out of bed and stimulate me. As farmers we can always use more money and definitely more rain to revive the ground after this long drought.

We so often say that we need less stress even less of the good things in life but all these things make our lives full and colourful and without them our lives would be empty. It’s the combination of all these things that creates growth, strength, knowledge and gives us the power to move forward.

There have been many times when I have prayed for less stress and I have experienced such periods and found myself being bored very quickly. I know, we all dream of a life that resembles the Garden of Eden but we destroyed that reality by wanting our own way, not God’s way. “All we like sheep have gone astray; we have turned everyone to his own way;” (Isaiah 53:6a).

With modern life being so stressful, what I think most of us need is more thankfulness, less complaining, about the things that we already have, particularly in Australia. There are those who are in great need and therefore we also need more giving and less taking by those who can. So I need more help (not less) from God’s spirit to get me through the day.

In everything give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you. (1 Thessalonians 5:18)