Stirred By The Scriptures

If you have been following my blog it will come as no surprise to you that I have been struggling with events that have been happening to folks around us. Truthfully my struggle has been and is with God. I just don’t get what he is up to in their lives. I think my real fear is what if the difficulties take them over the edge and they give up on God? Yesterday I found myself wanting to bring God in for questioning and that led me to turn to another man who wanted the same thing - Job. I know the story well. I know how it turns out but I went there anyway. I guess I just wanted to be reminded again of a couple of truths. First, that it is alright to question and wrestle with life and second God is God and I am not. When God finally responds to Job it is bold and fearsome. Out of the storm God says: “Who is this that darkens my counsel with words without knowledge? Brace yourself like a man, I will question you and you shall answer me.” That pretty much sums it up, words without knowledge, I think I know so much, when I don’t. I believe that God allows me to question, even doubt but in the end longs for me to let him be God and trust him. I am learning,  but it is a hard journey.