i do not understand

This I wrote after a long conversation with a friend who asked a question we all struggle with at times. If God exists and loves us as much as people say he does, then how is there so much evil in the world and why does he allow natural disasters to occur? I cannot pretend to know the answer to this question I’m sure that only God himself knows this. But I do know that God works in so many ways we do not see and cannot understand, God knows the bigger picture and knows how to reach his goal. He does not ask us to understand all that happens, he does ask us to be content with the evil in the world but he does ask us to trust him because only he knows the master plan and how to make it come about.

written: 22.08.2010

I do not understand your ways oh Lord,
Your Father heart I cannot comprehend.

I do not know why the child is alone Lord or why the mother weeps for her babe.
I do not know why his father left, or why he never calls.
I know not why he pulled the trigger or how she could steal the life of her child.
I’ll never understand the corruption in government or why I have everything and they have nothing.
I cannot know why the volcano erupted or why the sea devoured the earth.
I cannot fathom why they made a bomb or why we went to war.
I know not why she is old and sick or whey he can no longer walk.


I know none of your ways my Lord,
Why you allow such pain.
But what I know for certain is that your plan is good,
Is hopeful,
Is true.
I know you see the entire puzzle whilst I see just one piece.
You know the entire universe whilst I do not know half of the world in which I live.
You protect us from evilness we do not even know exists.

I do not know your path oh Lord,
I know not where you have been,
I cannot see all you have done or hear all that you say.
I do not understand how this all works together or why it had to happen this way.
But what I understand least of all is how you could trust us with your precious creation knowing we would mess it up.

I understand not your ways oh Lord,
But I know that you are good and you hold it all in the palm of your hands.
I know that my faith is in you oh Lord,
My hope is in He who is greater than I,
Because I know not the future,
I know not how things work or what is happening within the universe,
But you Lord see all of creation,
You know where we are, where we’ve been and where we are headed.
Only you Lord know how and why it all works so incredibly.