Let's Live!!!!

Out of a converstion I had with a friend the other day a question arose in my mind.

Do we make things too complicated sometimes?

We were talking about life and all the decisions we are forced to make the older we get and the pressure that comes with that: decisions about life, relationships, jobs, careers, dreams, family, etc.

Is it possible that sometimes the only pressure in the decisions we make comes from us and not actually from those decisions?

That is, do we sometimes make things harder than they have to be? Are decisions of this nature really that complicated or do we assign this complication to them?

And is it possible that life really isn't that complicated at all sometimes.

I say yes to all those.

I think we make some decisions so complicated that we stress ourselves out. I think that we make it harder than it needs to be and therefore wear ourselves out.

Christians, I feel, are especially good at this. We are so afraid of taking the wrong step and "falling out of God's will for our lives," that we forget to take chances.

We debate and mull over and turn over and ask advice on every decision. What happened to life being an adventure? What are we so afraid will happen?

Now is advice and consideration important in decision-making? Absolutely. But in excess?

It cripples us. We forget that, while we do have a purpose, we also have a choice. God does give us room to make decisions for ourselves.

But we become so afraid of making the wrong decision that instead we choose not to decide at all. We become frozen. We complicate it.

I'm not in any way denying God's sovereignty and His will for our lives. But we also have freedom. Freedom to be with who we wanna be with (unless God clearly says no), to work where we want to work (unless God clearly says to move on to something new), and to be the kind of people we want to be (as long as we remain true to who we were created to be).

And what if we make the wrong decision? That's life! We are working out our faith daily and that means mistakes. Those are a given. But we shouldn't let fear of mistakes keep us from taking chances and living our lives.

I, personally, would rather live life boldly and make those mistakes, rather than doubting my decisions all the time for fear of choosing wrong. Yes, I might be right more often should I choose to live that way but I would feel as though I wasn't really living.

So let's not live in fear and indecision. Let's take chances and take risks, choosing wisdom over foolishness of course.

Let's live.