Why do you think we like this question so much?  I've often told God if I knew the answer to the "Why" question I could affect change better & faster.  Would you agree?

If I just knew that this happened so that certain people would come to faith in Christ, I would go seek them out... right?  If I knew that this happened so I could learn certain lessons, I would get on the fast track to get that lesson learned... right?

I'm sure we've all wondered "why" bad things happen to "good" people.  Everywhere I look, I've been looking for the "why" in my recent tragedy. (If you're new to Seeds of Faith, or haven't heard about my situation, feel free to click here to hear about my husband's homecoming).

However, just in the paragraph above, look how many times the word "I" appears.  "If I knew why then I could affect change."  It sounds good at first, but the more I think about this, the more I leave out God and insert myself.

I love my Garmin!  I don't even have to ask for directions anymore... I just ask for the address.  My Garmin is faithful and true to get me where I need to go.  However... the Garmin needs a starting address and and ending address.  Can Garmin get me to where I need to be if I have NO idea where I'm going?

Absolutely not!!
I would get an error message - a blank address will not compute.

My friends... my God is greater than my Garmin!  Praise God!  My God can still send me data, even if I don't know where I'm going... even if I don't know the whys!  I'm not going to get any ERROR MESSAGES from the Lord.

My job through all of this is not always to know the "why" - but rather to trust Him.


This is such a famous and well memorized passage.  But do you know verse 8?


Knowing the whys is not going to make me feel better, it's not even going to make my path straight - only trusting totally & completely in God is going accomplish the end game that I desire.


I'm desperate for the healing and for the refreshment.  I will trust Him.  It doesn't mean that days will be easy and carefree.  I am trusting Him amidst my tears and my pain.  To be honest I'm trusting Him, but still wanting to know the whys!  But I know that the whys are not going to bring the comfort I desire.  Answers cannot provide the peace that only Jesus gives.  I know this in my head, so I trust.  And one day I know my heart will follow.