Thursday, May 23, 2013

Why So Hard?

Life is hard. That's just a fact. And anyone trying to get around that by some sleight of hand fools no one, not even himself. Life is hard. And it is hard for a reason. It's hard because of God. He runs this universe. He has made it hard. And that begs for an answer to this question. Why? Why does life have to be so hard? If He wanted to, God could just change it all so that life would be so much easier. Think of all of the problems that seem so insurmountable being transformed into little things quickly dealt with and then forgotten. Why can't it be like that? And the answer, of course, is we don't know why. 

So, how do we keep going without an answer to that question? Now, that is a question that we can answer. And the answer is clear. We trust the Father. Even the stupid difficulties that confront us all too often are, in some way or other, expressions of the Father's love for us, His children. That's what He tells us. Later, in retrospect, we'll be shown how it 'all worked together for good'. Then, it will all make sense. But for now we simply trust Him and do our best to just do the next thing, depending on His grace for the ability to do even that.