Leviticus 21:1-24; Psalms 124:1-127:5; Mark 7:24-8:10
How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? Proverbs 1:22
But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ. 2 Corinthians 11:3
The Hebrew word for “simplicity” in our first verse means, “foolish, simple, seductible, or silly”. In contrast, the word “simplicity” found in our second verse, means “sincerity, without self-seeking, genuine, liberal (in giving)”. Let us not be foolish or silly but seek to be like Christ in our simplicity and sincerity as we serve Him till He comes. —Elizabeth C. Bishop
Simply trusting every day, trusting through a stormy way;
Even when my faith is small, trusting Jesus, that is all.
Trusting Him whate’er befall, trusting Jesus, that is all. —Edgar P. Stites