Humanity is Messy. real messy.

I'm the kind of person who likes everything to have some sort of place and role that I can tangibly define.... My room may be messy sometimes but I hate it and would rather have everything in boxes and shelves, all my school work is in labelled folders and size ordered. If I start writing or drawing and mess it up, I always want to start again with a new piece of paper. It confuses me when people say something but do something else. I like to understand things and when I cant I feel frustrated until I have worked it out. I like to plan and when things change a lot, I can roll with it but would much rather not.
But at the same time, I thrive on creativity and spontaneity, I love theatre and art and nature....I love movies that have unpredictable ends and stories that twist the listener all over the place.  
Having a weird mix of both of these things sometimes confuses me and I'm not sure of how they quite fit together...

But recently God has been teaching me a lot about how people and cultures and humanity as a whole is very messy and unpredictable but that He loves us when we are like that. That He is in the midst of the tension we feel about social justice and spending and sustainability. That He is in the middle of complicated community dynamics of power and humility and integrity and initiative.
He is just as present in math and logic and science as He is in art and music and theatre and He longs for His children to see Him in both.
We have a God who didn't shy away from our mess and confusion and striving, but stepped right down into the middle of it, became a part of it and made something beautiful out of it.....A redeeming of creation that He continues to do today, in the most unexpected of places and people.
The empty lot which became a graffiti art wall. The restless tense high schooler who took up boxing as an outlet and is now on his way to national champs. The Saturday night youth group that runs right next to the night clubs. A community garden planted where the preschool was burned down by an arsonist. Chalk drawings on the city sidewalk. The math teacher who genuinely cares for her below average students and wants to see them do well.

And in that, there is an invitation to join Him, to not shy away from the messiness of humanity, but to embrace it, enjoy it. Redeem it.