Ask God! Be utterly amazed. For I am going to do something in your days that you would not believe, even if you were told. —Habakkuk 1:5
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hen Grace’s mother suffered a brain injury after a fall, Grace and her family kept asking God, “Why did You let this happen? Why didn’t You intervene?”
Some things in life just don’t seem to make sense. It can be hard to believe in God’s goodness when someone we love lives with chronic pain or illness. Why doesn’t God cure our loved ones? Why are we saddled with the responsibility of caregiving when others can’t be bothered? Why are we being burdened beyond what we feel we can bear? Why is God allowing such suffering? Many of us dare not ask these questions out loud simply because we have been taught not to question God. We have been told to restrain our resentment, 18
trust in His sovereignty, and not doubt Him, because that would be tantamount to challenging His authority. But here’s something to consider: Our God is big enough to handle all these questions! He is never surprised nor insulted by them. There is a difference between challenging God’s authority, as if He was accountable to us, and humbly seeking answers from Him, saying, “Lord, I don’t understand what’s going on. Why is this happening? Show me how to keep trusting You.” The difference is in the posture of our hearts behind the questions: God welcomes our deepest and darkest questions, asked in humility. The Bible contains numerous examples of people questioning God when things were going
