Questions

Corrie Ten Boom tells in The Hiding Place:

"My father turned to look at me, as he always did when answering a question, but to my surprise he said nothing. At last he stood up, lifted his traveling case from the rack over our heads, and set it on the floor.

“Will you carry it off the train, Corrie?” he said. I stood up and tugged at it. It was crammed with the watches and spare parts he had purchased that morning.

“It’s too heavy,” I said.

“Yes,” he said. “And it would be a pretty poor father who would ask his little girl to carry such a load. It’s the same way, Corrie, with knowledge. Some knowledge is too heavy for children. When you are older and stronger you can bear it. For now you must trust me to carry it for you.”

And I was satisfied. More than satisfied — wonderfully at peace. There were answers to this and all my hard questions — but now I was content to leave them in my father’s keeping."

When i read this story it reminds me of my relationship with the Lord.  I have so many questions for Him that i  desperately want answered.  Wondering why He allowed me to walk this hard road....But like Corrie Ten Booms father....when i ask the Lord those big questions he is wanting me to know that it is too heavy for me to know and to carry on my own right now.   I need to continually take my questions and heartache and lay them all before the Lord, trusting that He will carry it for me.    Matthew 11:28-30 " “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.  Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls.  For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.”    Like Corrie i am learning to be content in leaving all my unanswered questions in my Fathers big safe hands.