It's Pretty Simple

Most topics have deepening levels of understanding.  Take baseball for example.  On the surface there are two teams.  One wins, one loses.  If we go a bit deeper, we start looking at player statistics.  We see batting average, hits and home runs and pitcher's "wins" or ERA.  We can go even deeper into the advanced analytics used by many today.  So we see WAR or a batter's OPS or BABIP or a pitcher's  FIP or WHIP.   And the list goes on and on.  There are so many stats out there that we can get lost in it all.  So much so that we can forget that in the end what counts is one team wins and one team loses.

As a teacher, it seems that there is a never ending deluge of minutiae coming down the pipe.  The program or that standard.  We align and we test and as soon we are done, the next one comes along.  We can get pulled into the programs and politics and it can get discouraging.  But in the end it is simple.   There are small humans that are on their way to being bigger humans and we need to help that process to the best of our ability.  All of the programs and plans do not change that.  

In the world of religiosity there is also the side issues that can get in the way.  We are supposed to dress a certain way or travel in certain circles.  We are expected to have certain political views.  The list goes on an on.  But in the end it is pretty simple.  Our walk is all about a relationship.  We surrender our will to that of God's.  And that's it.  Everything else will come or not as a result of that relationship.  The expectations that matter are the ones from God not from the world, and sometimes it's easy to lose sight of that.

Watch this video from Pastor Chris.

We have a tendency to make things more complicated than they really should be.  But many issues only seem complicated. that seem complicated and can be much simpler if we remember the main point.