So I’m normally not up this late on a Thursday night. It’s getting on 1045 already but I forgot to put my bedsheets in the dryer and so have to wait for them to be done. I’m trying hard to stay awake! No napping in my ever so comfy chair!! I decided to see if Kate had posted the Five Minute Friday word prompt and she did! The word is complicate. How can it be so complicated is what comes to mind. Let’s see where God takes this word eh?
How can it be so complicated?
Sometimes I wonder how
life can be so complicated?
Grudges held,
People betray,
Feeling hurt,
Words are said that perhaps
shouldn’t have been.
I grew up knowing
somehow, in the haze
that is my life,
that people aren’t
so easy to know and love at times.
At the same time as people
can be awfully hard to understand
Laughter, conversation,
Jokes, and hugs, and positive connection
also dots the landscape
that is the plight of humanity.
It seems the extremes are right there
showcasing the complications that
make up any given person’s day.
I had reason to ponder that
today and came to the conclusion
that despite my questions on
How can it be so complicated
It’s part of how God molds us
into his image.
He uses these strains in
relationships to remind of us
what is means to love each other
even when people infuriate us, or
hurt us, or simply confuse us by
their life decisions.
God regularly uses the
“hard things” of life to
deepen our understanding of
who he is and whose we are and
what that means in the
nitty-gritty of life.
BUT you know what?
We have to be open to it you know?
Open to change and
being something more
despite the inner turmoil
that change can bring.
It’s a good thing to be
something more don’t you think?
It helps us to better
cope with the complications
of living a human life. 🙂
I no longer really care
about weird stuff that people do,
for I live now in Upper Air,
and that means, baby, that I’m through
with all of the fetid vibe
of swarming humanity.
I have gone and left the tribe,
not by choice, but now I’m free.
Though there is not much good to say
’bout cancer and what it entails,
it gave me that for which I’d pray
back when I walked hills and dales,
looking past all human junk
for the perspective of a monk.
i have heard this from other people dealing with long term issues. It gets to a point where your focus is winnowed down to what is most important.
It is amazing how the complications of life end up drawing us closer to God. Makes us see the purpose even in the complications.
yes. took me a long time to see that though… longer than it should have.
I can’t imagine coping with all the complicated issues the world throws at us without knowing Jesus. We tend to overcomplicate things and make life harder than it needs to be. Visiting from FMF#16
That is so true Kym. Thanks for stopping in.
Love this Annette! So much truth and encouragement!
Thank you Cindy
“God regularly uses the
“hard things” of life to
deepen out understanding of
who he is and whose we are.”
A good thought to keep in mind in the midst of it all.
hard to remember though eh?
Thank you, Annette. Relationships seem to be the most complicated, yet God made us for relationship, so He must have given us the skills to deal with them.
for the most part maybe. 🙂
Yup. Open to life. Blessings on your day! FMF#4
thank you Rachel, same to you
Thank you, Annette. You made me think – how else can we practise patience, forbearance, love and all the fruit of the spirit, unless we face the challenges. Someone once said ‘What doesn’t make you bitter, makes you better.’
yes indeed. 🙂