Have you ever struggled with an unanswered question? I'm not talking about 'how they get the caramel in the Caramilk bar', but questions that effect the course and outlook we have on life. Questions about life and death, love and loss, joy and pain. Questions that can easily derail our faith in God, or life itself.
Life is not fair. That's an understatement you say! I've often wondered why God allows perplexing and painful circumstances to cross our paths. I used to think that in each of these experiences there is a lesson to learn, a place to grow in our maturity and faith. Finding answers to questions that have challenged us can certainly bring growth, but what about the questions that remain unanswered, the confusion that remains unresolved, and the pain that does not subside?
Often we seek these answers in a spirit of dissapointment, only to find more perplexing questions and much deeper pain. How do we deal with the unresolved? Do we ignore these painful questions creating a hard shell around us, do we wallow and take pity in the pain, or is there a place we can plant the unresolved issues and release the burden they create?
Alot that happens in our lives is a mystery. But to God there is no mystery, He certainly knows His purposes in all He does and allows in our lives. I heard someone say mystery is actually a seed of unseen potential. We cannot see the purpose or outcome, but God can. It's our decision if we plant this seed in the soil of humility, or with pride hardened hearts try to crack open the seed to figure out the mystery?
Planting the mystery in our soft soil of humility is an act of trust. Soil is always a dark place, but if the soil of our heart is hard there's no chance for the seed to take root or sprout.
If the seed is planted in the soft soil of our heart and the soil is kept well watered, we may one day be amazed as we see this seed of mystery sprout, grow into a vine and bloom, turning our pain into joy and our tears into laughter.
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