Sometimes things happen and we want to know, “Why?” We look and search and dig and wonder and fret and worry about the “Why?” We get so desperate sometimes that we start to make up reasons and explanations in our minds to satisfy our search for “Why?” Oftentimes (and almost always) those reasons and explanations are not well-founded and cause us to settle our thoughts on some conclusions that have no (or very little) basis.
We would do well to remind and convince ourselves that it is ok to not have all the answers (i.e., all the reasons) when bad things happen. Unfortunately, the truth is that “time and chance happen to…all” (Ecc. 9:11). It does NOT mean that God is not there (Heb. 13:5). It does NOT mean that God does not care (1 Pet. 5:7). Rather than dwell on what we do not know, let us dwell on what we do know: God is (Heb. 11:6). God knows (Matt. 6:8). God loves (Rom. 8:31-39). God cares (Phil. 4:6-7). God can (Eph. 3:20-21). God will (Rom. 8:28). Let us trust Him (Prov. 3:5-6)!