Going back to the essentials

This word “essential” has been flying around more than ever before. In this new cancelled life we have been living lately, we have been stripped down to just the essentials. Our extremely busy lives of what we thought were “essential” have been slowed way down and we are finding that our essentials are. And it’s not that we didn’t love these “essentials” with our old way of living...but when all of the distractions are gone, our eyes have truly been opened to what is really important. The essentials: those things that are absolutely necessary, extremely important. We are finding out essentials again. How long have we gone storing up our riches for ourselves on this earth, instead of focusing on our riches in heaven? This quarantine has opened my eyes as it probably has yours too. Have you found yourself going back to the essentials? I cannot pretend to understand why things are happening the way they are. But I do know that we can take this time to grow closer to God. We can take this time to grow our faith. Faith grows exponentially faster in the middle of a fire than when everything is perfect. Things that once were so important to us are now non-essential.  When this is all over, we figure out how to be grateful for life, our life, and remember the times when we were stripped down to our essentials. IG: @val_reynoldsFB: Valarie ReynoldsMusic: https://www.purple-planet.comSupport the showWork with me // www.valreynolds.comConnect with me // @val_reynoldsCollab with me // [email protected]