I've come to grips with being honest with God. If something hurts me, I tell Him.
Is it irreverent to be honest with God? I don't think so.
As a matter of fact, I think it is essential in paving an authentic connection from my heart to His. Tip toeing around pretending to be fine, fine, fine with everything that comes my way would be fake at best, deadening at worst. I don't shout my gut feelings to the world, but I do take them to God and ask Him to help me process them.
It's understandable really. We are told from an early age that God can do anything. We've read stories where Jesus helped people in impossible situations. So, how do you process these beliefs in the face of God seeming silent in your situation?
It can be disillusioning at times.
But I've also realized that trying to figure out why God allows certain things to happen is a bit like chasing the wind and trying to turn it into something visible. It's a chase that will simply wear you out, to very little avail.
So, I've just about decided asking "why" is the wrong question. Instead, I ask "what now?" Now that this is my reality, what would You have me do... learn... glean from this now?
What now, is just a much better question to ask. If we make the choice to let it lead us from our hurt to positive changes, it will! God will.
Continuing to ask "why" will leave us stuck and frustrated. And really, even if God gave us the answer to our why question, it probably would never satisfy us. We would probably weigh out God's reasons against our hurt and still be hurt.
Our flat human perspectives simply can't process God's multi-dimensional, eternal reasons.
Isaiah 55 refers to this in verses 8-9, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are you ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."
I don't know who needed to hear this today. But I sure did.
What now, will be my question for today. And I love the sense of possibility this question brings to my soul!
Happy Thursday...
Is it irreverent to be honest with God? I don't think so.
As a matter of fact, I think it is essential in paving an authentic connection from my heart to His. Tip toeing around pretending to be fine, fine, fine with everything that comes my way would be fake at best, deadening at worst. I don't shout my gut feelings to the world, but I do take them to God and ask Him to help me process them.
It's understandable really. We are told from an early age that God can do anything. We've read stories where Jesus helped people in impossible situations. So, how do you process these beliefs in the face of God seeming silent in your situation?
It can be disillusioning at times.
But I've also realized that trying to figure out why God allows certain things to happen is a bit like chasing the wind and trying to turn it into something visible. It's a chase that will simply wear you out, to very little avail.
So, I've just about decided asking "why" is the wrong question. Instead, I ask "what now?" Now that this is my reality, what would You have me do... learn... glean from this now?
What now, is just a much better question to ask. If we make the choice to let it lead us from our hurt to positive changes, it will! God will.
Continuing to ask "why" will leave us stuck and frustrated. And really, even if God gave us the answer to our why question, it probably would never satisfy us. We would probably weigh out God's reasons against our hurt and still be hurt.
Our flat human perspectives simply can't process God's multi-dimensional, eternal reasons.
Isaiah 55 refers to this in verses 8-9, "For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are you ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways and my thoughts higher than your thoughts."
I don't know who needed to hear this today. But I sure did.
What now, will be my question for today. And I love the sense of possibility this question brings to my soul!
Happy Thursday...
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