Contrary to popular opinion, I don’t know everything. Ok, I’m sure I’m not popular, so I probably don’t have a popular opinion, but even I know that I don’t even come close to knowing everything.

I have so many questions. Why do little children get sick and die? Why do some babies die before they are even born? Why are there places in the world where just being born is a death sentence, where there is no clean water, proper food, medical care, or any of those things we in this country take for granted?

Why will so many people die without ever having heard of the good news of Jesus? Why do some people seem to have everything handed to them and others have to work so very hard for every little thing they get?

Why does life not seem to work like it should? Why do the guys who seem like the most marrigable people never finding love while the ones who seem least marriageable finding it? Why are the dreams I believe God has put into my heart so far from coming true?

I have a thousand more questions I can’t answer. I have a thousand more that I can’t even put into words. I may never be able to.

I do know this. God is good. God is in control. I don’t have to know all the answers or even the questions. I do have to know and trust and love the God who does.

I already know how this all ends. Everything wrong is made right, all that’s broken will be mended, and all the pieces will fit back together again. I know because it’s all written down.

I’ve heard it so many times lately, but what I think and feel will lie to me and trick me much of the time. What I think I know and what I see with my eyes will blind me.

What’s true is what God has spoken. Who God is is what matters, not what I see Him doing. And like the old prayer says, “God is great and God is good.” That I know because I’ve seen it in me and in so many others. And because God said it.

On a side note, I have got to stop waiting so late at night to write these blogs. But I’d rather stay up 30 minutes later and share what God put on my heart than get that extra sleep.

And what God told me to tell you is that He’s good and He’s got this. He’s not asking you to understand everything or have answers, but to simply have the faith of a child and believe. That’s all.