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Okay, so maybe that's a far stretch from the cliche "When life hands you lemons, make lemonade." I have to admit, I've been a black-or-white, wrong-or-right, this-or-that type of person. But God has been handing me a lot of grey areas lately. Lately things have not been so easily answered with yes or no types of answers. 

Why in such an infinite world or possibilities, with such an amazing God with eternal qualities, do we still insist on avoiding grey areas? God created us for a life full of vastness, uniqueness, and greyness. It's in the grey that we seek out God in a more intimate way. If everything were so simply answered with a "yes" or a "no", with checklists and rules, then we would have no need to have a relationship with Him. Relationships aren't built on conversations around the words yes or no. Thinking about past communications with friends, I could only imagine how boring and lifeless our conversations would be if they centered around simple yes/no questions and answers. It would be like taking one of those crazy personality tests that states, "please check one box that best describes you." No room for discussion and certainly no room to get to know me better.

I think that's how many of us approach God. We see Him as a Yes-or-No type of being. We look to His Word for approvals or disapprovals, what rules to follow, which path to take. But lately I've been getting to know my personal Lord as we have conversations about the grey areas in my life that He has graciously handed to me. It's like He's pulling His chair up close to mine and saying, "Let's talk."