What questions do you have?
I live with a preschooler, so I experience a
number of questions every day. This
morning I was listening to a news announcer describe the 75th
anniversary of D-day, and my four year old was immediately filled with
questions. What was World War II? Why did
people fight? Did people die? Some of his
questions were not easy to answer, but I could see him desperately searching
for meaning as we talked about the troops who died in
the battle of Normandy. After thinking
as deeply as he could, he finally said, “We need to pray for them, right?”
A little while later he brought up his
grandmother. She has been battling
cancer and a few other issues. He
mentioned that we need to pray for her too…
Sometimes, I am not sure how much he really understands. (Certainly when I try to get him to brush his
teeth he does not seem to comprehend anything.)
However, I also believe that he is really trying to find God and search
for Love in the midst of a chaotic world.
This week the church is celebrating the coming
of the Holy Spirit in a festival called Pentecost. God’s Spirit came to all people. God’s Spirit arrived in spite of our
imperfections and broken world. Sometimes
it can be hard to trust that God is working in some of our more troubling
moments. It is sometimes very difficult
to believe that God’s Spirit is working in the midst of division, anger, war,
cancer, and fear… but that is what God wants us to see.
I think it is important to ask questions… I
think it is important to struggle… However, God wants us to believe that the
Spirit is moving inside of us. When we
are broken and when we make mistakes, God is there. God is Love, and God will never give up on
you!
Blessings!
Brian Ward
