Good morning, world. Things are looking pretty good from the front porch of my farm in Virginia today. The temperature has risen to above freezing for the last few days, and the snow is finally beginning to melt. Although I could look at the fields covered in snow forever, and I love to see children having fun playing in it despite cold temperatures, I’m glad it is finally melting and that the wildlife will finally be able to access their nourishment. When I met with the Author and Perfecter of my faith this morning, I was inclined to ask God “why?” for so many things. It’s not easy for somebody like me to endure the darkness of this world sometimes, and most of the time it makes no sense to me. For someone who loves to wonder why, and who sometimes spends too much time wondering how and why things work the way they do, the “unknown” could be agonizing IF NOT for the fact that I Trust the Master Plan completely. No matter how much questioning I do as I “wonder why”, I NEVER question The God of the Master Plans in the end. It’s okay for me to wonder why, and I have to believe that the One who Created me isn’t surprised by my over-the-top interest in how things work. I Know that when my Peace is being rattled, the first thing I need to do is to search my own Heart to see if there is anything I could or should have done to avoid the pain, and after that, I trust God with the End Results. I don’t guess God minds it when we ask Him “why?” but He doesn’t owe us an explanation. He’s God, and He has a Master Plan that is always Perfect – so, I have to accept all those things I wonder about and Trust Him with the outcome instead of insisting on knowing why. Isn’t that the way you look at the Journey of Faith, too?

If there’s anything that can cause someone to waiver in their Faith…or cause someone NOT to come to their faith at all…it’s wondering how a Loving God could allow anything to happen that would cause us pain. But God doesn’t look at this Journey through OUR eyes…He looks at the Journey through Eyes that see the Entire Picture from beginning to end, and He always has a Master Plan beyond the pain we feel. It’s not possible for a human being to accept the loss of a child, especially when they leave this life too soon – But God planted the seed of life within them, and He knew their Days EVEN BEFORE we knew them. I think we could question “why?” for the rest of our lives without ever getting the answer – but I like to think that God needs us and when He needs us, He calls us Home in His due time…old and young. It brings comfort to me when I think about how He welcomes each one Home with Open Arms, and no matter how young or old they are, He’s happy to see them, and He’ll put them to Work. When I look at it that way, the “why?” begins to fade, and eventually I accept the pain AND the Plan.

I don’t know why there are hungry people. I don’t know why there are people living on cold streets with no warm place to go. I don’t know why disease robs the body. I don’t know why there is heartbreak. I don’t know why people are alone, and I don’t know why relationships fail. I don’t know why we suffer. I don’t know why some live a long life, and some leave too soon. I don’t know why fires and floods rob us of homes, treasures, and life. I don’t know why a human being would take the life of another. I don’t know why we murder our unborn. I don’t know why a parent would abuse their own child. I don’t know why we’re lied to over and over again. I don’t know why we’re judged and persecuted. I don’t know why people come and go in our lives. I don’t know why we go from abundance to poverty or the other way around. There’s no end to the things we don’t understand, while the heart is sometimes inclined to ask “why?” But it serves no purpose to ask “why?” except to torment us when we don’t get the answers or the outcome we want. If I am a Child of His I have no choice and no Peace unless I trust that He has a Master Plan that is Perfectly Beautiful when it’s seen through His Eyes, and One Day I’ll see how it all Worked Together for Good.

I began this new day with a Heart asking “why?” but I’m at Peace after my Time with Him. He’s the Author and Perfecter of my Faith and He’s the Orchestrator of all Life…from beginning to end and back again. My heart hurts and I feel pain over so many things that I wish I could better understand, but I Serve a Perfect God with a Perfect Master Plan, and even when it doesn’t make sense through my eyes, it makes Perfect Sense through His.

How about you?