Life "simplified"

Its our new buzz word from Church at the Well. what does it mean, it means separating what is relevant and what is not and then living our lives accordingly. Today I was in Matthew 9. You'll read the story of how Jesus heals a paralytic. He had returned to Nazareth as soon as he steps out of the boat he see's a man paralyzed laying on a mat. He has compassion on him, seeing his faith he walks up to him and says "take heart, your sins are forgiven". Thats it. No "get up and walk", No "be healed", just "your sins are forgiven." This is what is so amazing about this story. There is no protest from the paralytic. No burst of outrage. No "Thats it!" No "your not going to heal me". The only outrage is from the pharisees and there only mad because Jesus is forgiving sins not because the man isn't healed. Now Jesus did heal the man but only to show the pharisees that he had the authority to forgive sins. It almost seems that if the pharisees had never said anything the man wouldn't be healed. Is God cruel? No I believe that Jesus was more concerned with the state of the mans soul more so than his physical body. Judging by the lack or protest from the man so was the man. In old Israel when people where blind, deaf, mute, or paralyzed they were often outcasts, people actually believed it was because of there sin that they were crippled. I believed the man bought into that. I believed that the man was more concerned with assumption that he was a sinner beyond redemption then the fact that he was paralyzed. When Jesus got out of the boat and saw the man, he saw the mans heart, he saw that man was concerned more with his standing with God than his present circumstance and he spoke to that. What does this have to do with life "simplified". Life "simplified" is all about being concerned with whats important. The paralytic nailed it, to him it was his standing with God. What about you, whats more important to you? Is it your standing with God or your present circumstance. Live the adventure.