Understanding is overrated.

Something I've noticed in myself and others is our need to figure out what the Lord is doing in all aspects of our lives. On the surface it seems we're very spiritual people who are seeking the Lord's guidance in all we do. But in reality, we're not. We're self-absorbed. Do we really need to question God's purpose in every aspect of life? I'm not saying we shouldn't ask the Lord to lead our lives into His purposes, but I think we can over do it.


There is a danger to spiritualizing everything that's happening to us. The problem is we're making everything about us. We begin to crave understanding and then seek it in every instance. When it comes down to it, we're not making it about God's will but our comprehension of it. We're predicating His work on our understanding.


In my last post I wrote, "Jesus told us, 'do not worry about tomorrow'." The context of that is that we don't have to worry, He's got it. Our basic needs? He'll take care of it. Our relationships? He's in them. Career? It's mapped out. Life? Taken care of, here and for eternity. In everything that happens, He's with us.


Why do we ask "what" and "why" so much when we already know the true answer. We belong to the Father. We are loved more than we can express. We are fellow heirs with Christ. Why do we wonder what He's doing when what He's doing is drawing us closer to Him. In our current circumstances, whether good or bad, He's calls us.


We don't need to understand. We just need Him.

Just getting by.

Wow. I just realized my last post was almost 2 months ago. March was difficult. I wasn't thinking about the future and just tried to get through each day. It was a slog in the mud. In April I felt empty. My prayers were the same ever day. I just asked for strength to deal with the now. I didn't write. My thoughts were empty. But it wasn't all bad. I got through it. Each day, I was able to handle the challenges and make it to the next. Isn't that what we're promised, that the Lord will be with us each day and provide what we need. There's a reason Jesus told us, "do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day has enough trouble of its own." Reading that, It seems foolish to complain that I'm just getting by one day at a time.

If He's with me, that's enough.