A truly wise person uses few words… Proverbs 17:27
We live in a chaotic world, to say the least. Subsequently, we can fight against ourselves, fight amongst ourselves or come to grips with it and do something about it by choosing our words wisely.
Months ago, there were riots in Baltimore, Maryland, that were so dangerous they had to cancel Orioles’ games. Does this make sense? No. However, I love the video where the one mom is grabbing her son by the arm, while yelling at him to not to join the mob. While he’s trying to break free and pull his hood up, she’s still speaking a few choice words of wisdom trying to convince him not be such a fool.
Just the other week, there were nine people killed ruthlessly in a church in Charlotte, South Carolina. Does this make sense? No. What also doesn’t make complete sense is that because the killer had a hatred for people of a certain race there has been a call to remove the Confederate flag from all public areas. Initially, I agreed because the Confederate symbol can be seen as somewhat inflammatory. Nonetheless, the idea of taking the Confederate flag down may be soothing to those it offends, but in reality the flag had nothing to do with the killing of those precious souls. A demented lost soul was responsible for that despicable act.
History tells us that Hitler and the Nazis, in an unspeakable evil act against mankind, killed over 11 million people during the Holocaust. Does this make sense? No. It does not make sense either that some try to deny it. I believe this is a phenomenon that some people have because they haven’t witnessed the event personally with their own eyes of how brutal and cruel humans can be to one another. Truth is we live in a sanitized world and can’t even begin to imagine the evil that the Nazis and Hitler unleased on those they hated. They were trying to take over the world and the mentality was that if you weren’t with them, you were against them.
Several years ago, I saw proof in a museum there that were people that jumped into Niagara Falls to see it they could survive. Did this make sense? No. I once read of an account of one guy who jumped in about 10 years ago. What he said was not anything revealing except he hit hard and going over the Falls was like being in a giant tunnel, going straight down, surrounded by water . The reason he jumped was he was struggling with depression and it seemed more of a result of one man’s search for 15 minutes of fame, than anything else. This act of silly foolishness did cause the man to realize that life is worth living.
The truth is sometimes there is no real good answer as to why some people act a a certain way or why some things happen the way they do. Now, by no means am I demeaning anyone who wants answers to many of life’s debilitating questions, However, sometimes there are just no answers or answers we must wait to get from God Himself.
Quite simply the conclusion I came to is this: God Is God and I am not. I think the biggest problem I had with God’s way of doing things in the past was he does not have a suggestion box, nor does He take advice from me. However, the more time passes I have realized it is good God does not consult a flawed human like myself, because I would just screw things up.
For one moment though let’s apply this principle. What if Noah questioned God’s reasoning and refused to build the ark. The answer is God was not changing his plan and all of us as we know it would be dead. And I would not be typing this thought or any other thought for that matter. Another example is what if Jesus had refused to be born of a virgin, live for 33 years, unjustly be convicted of wrongdoing and die alone. The answer is I we all would be in a world of hurt and none of us would have hope for Eternity.
The list can go on, but the point is with God you must have faith in Him or else you can just do your own thing. The reason I don’t do my own thing is I have done nothing to cause my own existence, can do little to guarantee its continued existence and know I have an expiration date,
Being at a loss for words is a lot better option than wasting your breath trying to explain something that is purely elusive.
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