Asking Why 

   In most cases asking why can be a good thing.  If no one asked why infections were causing more deaths from surgery that the surgery itself, we would never have learned about antibiotics and their ability to prevent or stop infections.

   If Orville and Wilber Wright hadn’t persisted in the questioning of why man could not fly, there might never have been air travel.  For centuries people asked numerous whys about the moon.  Eventually we sent men there to answer some of the questions.  The asking of why, and the efforts to find the answers has helped humanity in so many ways.

   Even in our spiritual life why is a valid question in many ways.  There are so many things to learn of our Lord and our God simply by asking why some things occurred.  We ask why Jesus had to die on the cross, and we learn that only an unblemished Lamb could atone for the sins of mankind.  There has only been one unblemished Lamb and that was Christ, the Son of God.  Asking why when there is an answer to be found is beneficial and helps us grow in our spiritual life.

   However, some things are simply as they are, and no amount of asking why will resolve them.  Why do some people age gracefully and die a peaceful death while others suffer greatly and die in great pain and agony?  Why do some couples share many years of joyful marriage while others are separated by death far too soon?  There simply is no answer to be had.

   God’s plans are His alone.  Sometimes He shares them with us and other times we will never know in this lifetime.  When we question His ways  we question Him as well.  We are far better off to remember that He is God, and we are not.  We can either trust in Him or frustrate our lives with the “whys” that have no answer.