The point of today is that one of the blessings the good Lord bestowed on me was a brain. A pretty good one too I might add. I feel more blessed by this than almost anything else He's given me (except the people in my life of course). A long long long time ago I heard a story about Albert Einstein that has always stuck with me. Basically, Einstein so much wanted to share knowledge (not just his own, but all knowledge, which I think is SO important and says a great deal about the man) with others that he always made sure everyone understood concepts. For instance, in this particularly story it sited a time that Einstein was present for a lecture and the speakers was discussing material beyond the intellectual grasp of everyone in the room, except Einstein. Seeing the looks of confusion on the faces around him Einstein began asking leading questions in simple ways to draw out the ideas from the lecturer to the audience in a way everyone could understand. Genius!!! To me, this is what made him a genius, not relativity theory - synthesis of information and dispersion of knowledge in A MEANINGFUL AND SIMPLE WAY.
Don't let that bold statement pass you by... why on Earth would God have ever chosen to bless some people with the ability to understand or solve complex things without also intending for this information to be shared. Think wayyyy back to the book of Acts... would God have given someone the gift of tongues without also giving someone the gift of interpretation??? No! Because it would be pointless... and God is the God of many things, but never pointless things. If something is pointless and you're involved you better step back and ask why, because Satan is the master of distraction.
All of this is to say... I have an unnatural ability to take complex and make it simple. ((I really enjoy doing this when I get to teach Econ classes! I LOVE the look of recognition when someone understands something they've been struggling with - when it all just falls into place!!!)) I may not be the developer of the complex idea, but I can darn sure restate it in a simple and concise manner (I'm focusing on this because it seems to be what I do at work all day, which is mostly amazing, but I'm annoyed when people hoard information) By the way, I wasn't born with this gift, or maybe I was and God chose to bring it out in a weird way... I am HORRIBLE at all things verbal. I'm a bad writer (funny side note - I misspelled that the first time I typed it!), I'm a bad speller, I have a limited vocabulary, and you could teach me a new "fun" word and I would forget it in a matter of minutes. It is NOT NOT NOT my gift. I've always been really self-conscious about this (and vow to never marry a word person) so imagine the delight and wonder when I figured out that all big words are always defined by smaller words!!! It really set the stage for a life long pursuit of explaining big things in little ways!
ALSO, I think this is why Jesus had 12 apostles. I don't think He had a particular affinity for the number 12, although he seems to like 7 and 3.... I really and truly believe if anyone knows how complex and diverse we are, it's the Creator!!! I firmly believe that He wanted everyone to understand His life and His ways... so he had 12 different people with 12 differing views and backgrounds come together for one purpose. There is something for everyone... there could have been one gospel, but there are 4... there didn't even have to be 12 disciples, there could have just been Jesus, believe me He is enough... He breaks things down in a way so that we can all understand... so that we may all know! He is truly good to us.
Oh, and while you're thinking about the 12... which one do you identify with??? I think I'm a lot like my boy Matthew (not particularly proud of that)... and the gospels, got a "favorite"? I like the beginning of John (everyone says that) but I'm a Luke girl mostly.
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