The name of this blog comes from The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Grahame: “(Mole) was glad that he liked the country undecorated, hard, and stripped of its finery. He had got down to the bare bones of it, and they were fine and strong and simple.” It's always been one of my favorite quotes because it speaks to me of a life – and the things of that life – that are spare and good and un-fancy but still incredibly beautiful and life-giving, things that shore you up and provide a bedrock and help you put one foot in front of the other.
Ordinary, daily Christian faithfulness: put simply, that's what this blog is about. I can't believe I'm the only person in the world who wants not just to survive each day, but to be faithful and content and joyful deep down inside and for that to be enough. What is cool, and what we don't often acknowledge, is that all of our “enough” is always always always met with the generous lavishness of a God who meets us where we are and then goes beyond with us. God is not just “enough” for us – he's more than we'll ever need. That's encouraging to me – I hope it is to you, too.
I really do believe the everyday Christian life, lived quietly and plainly, stripped of denominations and interpretations and word studies and programs, can be fine and strong and simple, and that we, as believers in the Father-Son-Spirit God (who is always on our side and never forsakes us), can also be fine and strong and simple. Maybe we're not all supposed to make a big splash for God – maybe he likes us to just be his people in the world.
Photo credit for the beautiful picture of bare tree limbs against a twilight sky goes to Miguel Vieira (www.miguelvieira.org), taken in Hartshorne Woods Park in New Jersey. Used with permission.
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