How great is our God…sing with me.
Lesson #252…Life is messy. Very few things are actually black and white. There is a plethora of gray areas, mixed lines, blurred edges, contradicting ideas. While this may or may not be news, the thing that I have been learning is that it is alright to NOT have answer to everything. It is ok to say “I don’t know”. I think so often we as humans feel the need to have a solution to everything, to “fix” everything, to think logically, to always have a plan and be prepared. Yet, God works wonders in our lives when we have the grace to give up and allow Him to work at His own pace through His own will. Why isn’t it a relaxing thought in the knowledge that we don’t have all the answers? Why isn’t it incredibly refreshing to say “I don’t know”? Why do we feel the pressure to know everything, then feel guilty when the answer isn’t right, when all along, the question wasn’t ours to answer? It’s a hard place to be, because it is raw, venerable, honest, and open. It forces us to be meek and have humility. Admitting that you don’t know everything means admitting you’re a bit lost too. That’s where the “life is messy” part comes in-there’s no billboard on this earth (that I know of) that explains God, His will, and His being, in an ABC or 123 format. He doesn’t come with an instruction manual, nor do we. He doesn’t give us all the knowledge there is in the world, because we don’t need it. Why don’t we rest in peace at the knowledge of that fact? Our loving God is protecting us from things we don’t even know take place, and through our willingness to follow, He’s guiding us to His kingdom
I still have questions. I still see areas of life as gray. I still see many, many blurred edges and crossing lines…but I’m learning that sometimes, that is ok. Sometimes I need to be satisfied with what I see, and not what I want to see.
Life is messy. And I’ll embrace that.
-E
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