Wonderfully Coomplex Or Just Complicated

 WONDERFULLY COMPLEX OR JUST COMPLICATED

We were created as wonderfully complex human beings.  That doesn’t mean we are complicated but rather that there are layers of individual ways of experiencing life that makes us the amazing people we are, able to bring joy and interest to our relationships. 

The problem is, life feels complicated sometimes and we don’t always know how to sort ourselves out.  We need to regularly be in touch with folks who have experiences that can inform us and advice that can help us. 

A person's thoughts are like water in a deep well, but someone with insight can draw them out.  Can anyone really say that his conscience is clear, that he has gotten rid of his sin? 

Proverbs 20:5, 9

We face challenges and frustrations every day.  We need to take the risk and get the truth out into the open about the complicated things we face, even if it isn’t pretty.  Wise people will help us sort out our part and sound steps to take going forward.

When was the last time any of us sat down and chatted over coffee with an someone who has a few years under their belt? 

The Bible reminds us that there is great beauty in their “gray hairs of wisdom.”  Maybe today is the time to have a conversation and really listen to what someone with years of experience has to share with us.

Get good advice and you will succeed; don't go charging into battle without a plan. Young people take pride in their strength, but the gray hairs of wisdom are even more beautiful.  

Proverbs 20:18, Proverbs 20:29

Heavenly Father, we want to live above the complications that we face in our day.  Thank you for the wisdom You make available to us every day from the experience of others around us.  Help us to humbly seek out that wisdom and intentionally allow it to influence our life with You and other. 

Thank You also for Your written word, the Bible, where we can find the best counsel possible.  No other person in any other place has wisdom as reliable and sure as what we will find when we listen to what You say as we read Your word.  Help us to make time to hear Your heart as we read Your Word and to apply it to our everyday living. 

Thank You for the amazing complexity of our lives and the interesting variety of others around us.  Help us to keep our focus on You so we live in the joy of that complexity and not get tangled up in useless complications. Amen