William Lee

Jerry Maguire: I'm not letting you get rid of me. How about that? This used to be my specialty. I was good in a living room. Send me in there, I'll do it alone. And now I just... I don't know...but our little company had a good night tonight. A really big night. But it wasn't complete, it wasn't nearly close to being in the same vicinity as complete, because I couldn't share it with you. I couldn't hear your voice, or laugh about it with you. I missed my wife. We live in a cynical world, and we work in a business of tough competitors, I love you. You complete me. And I just...
Dorothy: Shut up. Just shut up. You had me at hello.

 If you are into RomComs, you will enjoy Jerry Maguire. One scene in particular seems to tickle people's tear ducts. It's the one where Jerry confesses that Dorothy "completes" him. When I watch that scene, I think of what God says in Genesis 2:18, "It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him."

This got me thinking about "being complete" and how we can better understand that biblically. Is there only relational completeness in marriage? What other forms of completeness are there? These questions are especially important for the person who is grappling with their singleness. Yet, they are still relevant for the person who is experiencing loneliness in the midst of their relationships.

There is good news.


The kind of completeness God offers is not contingent on the hedonistic pleasures of our ephemeral relationships. Nor is it dependent on the inconsistent love of those around us. Worldly things and relationships will ultimately fail us. And it is foolish to think that these external things can heal that weakness which is internal to us.

We don't throw blood on skin and expect it to be absorbed into the bloodstream. We need a transfusion! That's what the cross does. It is an internal completion. Spiritual completion. Jesus makes us whole from within. In our weakness, in our incompleteness, we are made perfect through him.

In this way, the answer is simple... Jesus completes us.

So, how then shall you live? Paul tells us that we are to train in godliness as we are being made complete (2 Timothy 3:17). James says that we can be steadfast (James 1:4), in the hope of completion. Go, live this truth!