Wonderfully Complex Or Complicated
Saturday May 16, 2020
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. The program tells us to get a sponsor. Hands go up in every meeting so the newcomer can immediately connect with someone who has insight to help them take their first steps. Like the newcomer, we have to humbly admit that we need help and take steps to seek it out.
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 GNB)
We face challenges and frustrations almost every day. We don’t want to be a victim and just let fate take its course, nor do we want to be someone who intimidates and forces their way in just to get ahead. Neither of these extremes is healthy and neither will bring us the future we long to have. We need to listen to good advice as to when we should battle, and when we should let things go.
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 GNT, Proverbs 20:29 CEV))
When was the last time any of us sat down and chatted over coffee with an old timer? 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 20, 30, or 40 years of experience has to share with us.
The best place to find wise counsel is in God’s Word written in the Bible. No other person in any other place has wisdom as reliable and sure as what we will find when we listen to what God says as we read His word. Let’s make time to do that today.
Prayer: Heavenly Father, Thank you for the wisdom You impart to me through your Word and from the experience of others around me. Help me to humbly seek out that wisdom and intentionally allow it to influence my life with You and others in recovery. Amen
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