Complete

 "See to it that no one takes you captive through philosophy and empty deception, according to the tradition of men, according to the elementary principles of the world, rather than according to Christ. For in Him all the fullness of Deity dwells in bodily form, and in Him you have been made complete, and He is the head over all rule and authority..."                Colossians 2:8-10

As I suspected, my political science class is giving me much to meditate on, and it isn't federalism.

The professor has made a point on several occasions that really hits me every single time.

He says that even if his wife and four children died, and he was left without them, he would be okay because his completeness is found in Christ. That's a tough statement, but it should absolutely be true.

In relation to my own little world, there's a pretty important man in my life. I am beginning to see that though I love him with so much of my heart and look forward to spending the rest of my days with him, this man does not complete me. I am already complete in Christ. Something a little harder to swallow: I do not complete him. I am not the key to his joy or even his happiness. He is already complete.

The more I contemplate this, the better it sounds. I don't have to bear the pressure of being "the better half" and I don't have to measure him up against a standard that he can never meet. As we each seek to find our completeness in Christ, we can be better love and serve one another and others as two people complete in Christ.