There is a place near St. Ignace, Michigan called the Mystery Spot, and it is a first rate tourist trap. As you walk through the exhibit you will see balls roll up hill and sit in chairs that can't be gotten out of. Of course it's a trick and good bit of fun.
A similar place is found in the back roads near Rose City. You stop your car, put it in neutral and it rolls up hill. It seems to make no sense at all. Of course both places are tricks of perspective. The local topography is such that things appear to be uphill when they are really downhill, but when you first experience these places it plays with your senses and makes you say, "What?".
We like predictable. When the modern nation of Israel was founded shortly after World War II, Albert Einstein was offered its presidency. He however refused saying that he likes working with equations over people because equations are at least predictable. And was he ever right.
It's hard for us to make sense of the motivations of others, I think it''s because other people have their own goals and motivations. What seems like a crazy decision from out perspective makes perfect sense from theirs. We just aren't in their heads.
It's hard for us to make sense of the motivations of others, I think it''s because other people have their own goals and motivations. What seems like a crazy decision from out perspective makes perfect sense from theirs. We just aren't in their heads.
If we can't understand the mindset of another person, how much less are we able to understand the mind of God. We all wonder why bad things happen. What is the purpose to suffering. If God is love and God loves us and all the rest, why does he let suffering go on?
There are many thoughts on this subject. Whole books have been written on the subject. Here is the thing. When We are the ones going through it, none of those ideas matter. It is between us and God and we are left asking the question Why?
The very nature of Christianity is a personal relationship with God. To be a Christian is to have the sense that yo and God have a closeness, So when we are suffering, we want to say, "Hey. God. It's me." If people are unfathomable, how much more is God?
A pastor once told me that we should embrace the challenges to our faith. There will be questions and uncertainties. We should not hide from them, but rather wrestle with them, and our faith will be stronger as a result. This is hard to remember in the midst of a storm, but we should all try.
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