Haiti

I've been really impacted by the stories coming out of Haiti.  We have been praying for Haiti a lot.  At meal times and bed times with the kids and tonight Ashley asked what was going on.  It is such an art to give the right amount of information to the audience.  Not wanting her to be waking me up thinking there was an earthquake every time Nicole rolled over in the lower bunk I decided against explaining Earthquakes- but explained that lots and lots of people were hurt and things were broken.    It seems so nice in some ways to be totally naive but I wouldn't want to be oblivious to it; and we need to learn about the pain in life.  That God doesn't make our life easy, but he comforts us through the storm.

All that to say: I think God had the same delima with us.  He couldn't tell us how the future was going to play out in detail but he told us a lot.  Too much and we'd freeze with fear or try to plan around it.  Not tell us anything and we wouldn't know what life was really about; what real life is like. 

I just finished reading Job.  And I think one of the main points of the book is that we tend to ask the question of "why?!" and I don't think God minds, but His answer isn't what we expect.  His answer is "I am great and powerful."  And from an earthly perspective that sounds crazy, but in God's economy, it isn't.  Because God being with us is more important than everything; more important than life; more important than comfort; entertainment..

Dying, even loosing a son or daughter (or in Job's case all his children) isn't the worst that can happen to us.  It sound almost evil to not say that but we cannot hold too tightly to the things of this earth.  Death isn't that bad because through the amazing work of Jesus Christ on the cross we have hope of far greater things after it.  This side of death however we need to do all we can to love, protect and encourage one another; especially our children- and that is a responsibility that I still can't believe God trusts me with.  But He doesn't make mistakes so He will give me the strength.

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Soli Deo Gloria- To God alone be the glory!