101 Cups of Water
Devotion for Sunday , July 05, 2009 |
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101 Cups of Water: Relief and Refreshment for the Tired, Thirsty Soul by C.D. Baker 101 Cups of Water is accented with
striking black-and-white photographs and focuses
on the promises of God. Each short entry offers
you a transforming sip of the life of Christ so
that he will pour through you. Hardcover from
Waterbrook Press, Copyright 2008 |
A Cup of Un-knowing
Suffering in the world makes me wonder about
God, even doubt him.
What kind of God allows oppression, slaughter, injustice, flood, and famines? And why does he? Is he helpless? Does he care?
Cynics claim that suffering proves that God doesn't exist or that he's not loving. The truth is, no human has answers for such questions. Suffering is a mystery. And maybe we should learn to accept that.
After all, there is another mystery in all this, a comforting one that cynics cannot dismiss: the fact that love is everywhere suffering is. Watch a firefighter or a police officer or an AIDS volunteer. Watch a nurse hold a child's hand. The list goes on.
Love would not be natural to a random universe. It's international. Divine. So, despite all the many things we don't like or understand, there's comfort in seeing how love surrounds us, for if love surrounds us, God surrounds us.
No, I don;t have to be able to explain everything; mystery is a reality of life that I'm invited to accept. The old Beatles song says it well.
Especially in the mystery of suffering, "Love is all we need."Click here to send this devotion to a friend!
