“That’s … mean,” my four year old muttered at the thought of God allowing harm to come to him. I let those words hang in the air for a moment as I lay next to him in his bed.
“I know. Sometimes I feel that way too, but God knows so much more than us.”
We talked about Job. It was all pretty unsatisfying to him.
And I think that’s okay.
We all carry some unanswered questions.
We’re all unfinished.
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She asked, “Don’t they know Jesus? Don’t they trust him?”
How innocent: to think trust in Jesus makes all our broken pieces better here and now.
Trust is on a continuum.
Jesus is aware of pieces to the puzzle we’ve never thought of.
And yet Jesus is more patient than we are.
Maybe the better question to ask than, “Do they know Jesus?” is “Do I trust Jesus with them?”
“I know that you can do anything and no plan of yours can be thwarted. You asked, “Who is this who conceals my counsel with ignorance?” Surely I spoke about things I did not understand, things too wondrous for me to know.”
Job 42:2-3 CSB
The Worth Of Knowing 
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