His question was simple.

"How come you didn't use wordpress?"

Before he could even finish, questions started flooding my mind. "What did he mean by that? Why doesn't he like my new blog just the way it is? What if I like blogspot?"

And then I did it again. I overanalyzed something more than it was meant to be. Richard was just asking because he felt that wordpress was more back-end user friendly, whatever that means. Looking back, I knew that my reaction (or I should say overreaction) was uncalled for, and I realize I could have simply said, "I just like it better" like a normal person. But I didn't, because I'm not that normal person, and in that moment I felt so threatened by his question that I chose to complicate things as if it was my only self defense. The sad thing is that this isn't anything new...well, this blog is (whoohoo!), but this overanalyzing thing happens in my head all the time. "Is there something wrong with my shirt? How come she didn't smile back? Did I have food in my teeth?" I often over react to simple things in life and when I ask myself why I put myself through this painful process, the answer is simply that I love myself too much. Because I fear that if I don't, no one else will. Or even scarier, no one else can.

What an ugly lie! I'm so thankful that God has liberated me from this very deceiving and arrogant self-love and everything else I'm in bondage to because it's so tiring. Life would be hopeless if God didn't rescue me from my house of mirrors, it's a lonely place to live. But thankfully, God has a greater home prepared for me through Christ's greatest sacrifice on Calvary. I'd be lying if I said that things never got complicated, but life is always simple when I have the peace of God in my heart. And what a beautiful life this is!

How about you? What simple things in life make yours beautiful?