People Are Complicated
But so are we.
We spend so much precious time and energy trying to figure others out and it really gets us nowhere.
Let’s admit first that we don’t have the capability or capacity to comprehend the complexity of ourselves, let alone others.
And this is the rub.
The most complicated person I will ever encounter may not be God, but me.
Now I know that sounds crazy so let me explain.
Think how connected you are to the depth of your own emotions.
And consider how vast your own memory banks are.
They go back to your infancy somewhere and come all the way up to right now.
But even though you live in all of this you don’t really understand it.
Even things you hear yourself say, at times, are difficult for you to believe . (Have you ever mumbled to yourself, “I can’t believe I just said that?”)
Here is something else that is important and true.
To the extent you can see yourself through God’s eyes as someone he loves, will be the extent to which the behavior of other people will seem less important for you to try and understand.
Search me, O God, and know my heart!
Try me and know my thoughts!
And see if there be any grievous way in me,
and lead me in the way everlasting!