Over-Plicomplicationism

 We had been invited by some of our friends to join them on the lake this past weekend.  It was a blast just being out there on the boat, wind in the hair (what’s left of it) sun on the face, the kids being beat-up on a tube behind the boat, and seeing the world go by.  We had switched positions just a few minutes ago.  You see, I was the one on the water and my boys were inside the boat watching Daddy try to stay above water on two boards, which under a man this fat…I imagine looked a little more like an apple hobbling around on a couple of toothpicks, but I digress.  Now, it was there turn.

I had asked the driver about the best way to position my body while skiing.  It seems no matter what I do, within 15 minutes of skiing, my back is killing me and my legs just want to call it a day.  ”What am I doing wrong?”

He said that most of the time, we over complicate the whole thing.  If we just stand up, lean back a little, and allow the boat to take us for a ride…we’d be a lot better off.  I thought to myself…”self, why didn’t we think of that?”

At the same time, God decided to whack me over the head with a big…”Duh!”  I believe we do the same thing with faith and our way of living.  We as people, let alone as Christians, accidentally over-complicate things to the extent we need someone to whack us upside the head and say…”All you gotta’ do is stand up, lean back a little, hold onto Jesus, and let HIM take you for a ride.  HE said, “Love me with all your heart, soul, mind, and your strength.  And then love others as yourself.  Upon these rely the laws of the prophets.”  Seems simple enough, doesn’t it?