GOD ALWAYS KNOWS BEST

"We need to be sensitive to the fact that we're not all at the same level of understanding."  So says
1 Cor. 8:7, Paul's first letter to the church in Corinth.

Not too long ago, in a Small Group meeting, when I just happened to be leading, one of my good friends spoke up with a question that had long bothered her:  "Why did God make poor people?"  She went on to explain how hard it was to see others standing in line to receive food from a food bank. 

Well, in my great experience and knowledge, I went straight from my wisdom and explained.  "God let some be poorer and some richer so that the person who believed in Him would share what they had out of the love God had given to those who love Him." 

It didn't help.  She was stuck in her bewilderment.  God's reasoning wasn't clear to her and she was afraid God was being unfair.

So, that proves the  verse from 1 Corinthians.  Certainly, I don't have a tinker's darn about why God does anything!  Who am I to speculate?  All I know is that I love this woman; she is a good friend.  And I can have sympathy for anyone struggling with the whys and why nots of God. God is  One who must be accepted as He is, and as He does. ("Their's not to wonder why; their's just to do or die"  from Tennyson's Charge of the Light Brigade.) And, I think, He wants us to be that accepting to one another, with forgiveness and love.

I'm very glad God has given me this woman as a friend.  And that He has given me a great love for her.  She loves God, yet she does not totally "get" Him.  Sound familiar?

That is not too different from me.  It's really difficult to totally "get" God.  He is beyond total understanding from us small fry.  I'm amazed that we are just a little lower than the angels according to Psalm 8.  Sometimes I think we should be measured more like skunks!  Untouchable and stinky!

But God is so generous with us as we plod along under His care.  Gracious and generous to all whether we are wealthy or poor.  Anyone can be rich in His love.  All we have to do is ask.

I asked, and I am...rich in His love for Him....and I hope  for others.

Love to you, and you, and you.  Jo