Why Ask Why??

This question is asked by a lot of people. I
used to ask my mom, "Why are you doing that?" She would
tell me, and I would ask her about ten more times, "Why?" She
would finally answer me, "Because God told me to, and who are we to
question God?"

This answer always stumped me, but I can see now,
that mom was not just trying to get me to quit pestering her…although it
did work.

She was also trying to get me to "listen" to what God had to say, and
to get me to think about WHY I should do the things that God said.

Who are we to question God…Mom had a point,
who ARE we to question God?…..after all God wants what is best for us in
our lives, he knew us before we were even born, God knows us better than any
human ever will.

Yet time and time again, in my own life as well, we question God and a lot of
the time it’s the age old question of WHY?

When bad things happen the WHY comes out of most of us…..why
did the car break down now?? why did we have to move? why can’t I find the job
I want? why didn’t God let Grandma live forever? why don’t God give
me what I want? why? why? why??

Yet when good things happen we tend to forget the bad times, and glow in the
goodness of the moment….and do we stop and say, "Thank You, God"
?? Some of us would answer that question with, "Yes, I do thank
God." Others would say "sometimes, not often enough, or no, I
don’t"

Do you ever wonder if God …..ever looks down on
the earth and thinks WHY my child?? Why do you disobey me? Why are you walking
away from me? Why aren’t you talking to me? Why don’t you hear me
anymore? Why all this space between us?? Why don’t you trust ME,
my child?? WHY? WHY? why?

My mom and I still talk about when I was little and
used to pester her with the "why’s" of life. Every once in
awhile I will ask her WHY Mom? and she will laugh, and say "Because, God
said so….that’s Why!!"