Unmatched Socks
March 20, 2015//
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Isaiah 55:8-9 (NLT) “My thoughts are nothing like your
thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could
imagine. For just as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts
higher than your thoughts.”
thoughts,” says the Lord. “And my ways are far beyond anything you could
imagine. For just as the heavens are
higher than the earth, so my ways are higher than your ways and my thoughts
higher than your thoughts.”
I love the sense of completion when
the laundry basket is empty and the socks have all found mates. My collection of unmatched socks disturbs
me. Is the missing sock truly lost or
hiding under a bed? How long do I wait
for the mate? Where do lost socks go?
the laundry basket is empty and the socks have all found mates. My collection of unmatched socks disturbs
me. Is the missing sock truly lost or
hiding under a bed? How long do I wait
for the mate? Where do lost socks go?
I like the job to be complete. I like to tie up loose ends. I don’t like not knowing.
Laundry isn’t like that and neither is
our understanding of God. There is
mystery.
our understanding of God. There is
mystery.
We will always have a collection of
unanswered questions and things that don’t make sense. Yet.
Maybe never.
unanswered questions and things that don’t make sense. Yet.
Maybe never.
As we learn and mature, some
questions from earlier in our faith journey will find answers. However, if we study scripture well, new
questions will arise that can’t be explained at that time. With some longstanding issues, we may need to
stop asking and accept the mystery.
questions from earlier in our faith journey will find answers. However, if we study scripture well, new
questions will arise that can’t be explained at that time. With some longstanding issues, we may need to
stop asking and accept the mystery.
Have you dug through your collection
of unanswered faith questions recently? Perhaps you can make immediate
connections! Are you constantly learning, gaining better understanding, and
generating new questions? God wants us to ask questions, wrestle with doubts, work
toward deeper understanding, and develop a personal, meaningful faith.
of unanswered faith questions recently? Perhaps you can make immediate
connections! Are you constantly learning, gaining better understanding, and
generating new questions? God wants us to ask questions, wrestle with doubts, work
toward deeper understanding, and develop a personal, meaningful faith.
What are your faith questions? Where
will you seek insight?
will you seek insight?
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Spend a few minutes to plant a quick Seed. Or stay longer and plant a whole garden.
"With some longstanding issues, we may need to stop asking and accept the mystery." This statement should be engraved in all of our hearts. Accept the mystery. If we could understand God then He would not be God. I love this post. My mystery question and please no one try to answer it is, Why would anyone not want to know the Love of God? I have my own biblical theories but it is mind boggling to me.
Yes, your question is unanswerable and mind boggling.