Why?

One of the questions I find that we, in our Christian walk, come across is why? Why does God allow Christians to be persecuted? Why does He allow people to leave the world due to tragic accidents? Why does He allow all the bloodshed to continue? Why does He seem not to care?

Life after the A's was rather uneventful... But recently it has been quite eventful. Overly eventful in fact. So much so that I wish some things just didn't happen. Somehow it just raises the question - why? Why did that happen?

I am posed with this question by others and even myself every now and then - Why does God allow so and so to happen? Yes, God has plans, but what does He want to achieve by making this and that happen? I realise that I can find no answer to that question.

I once thought it would be so much better if God just tells us His plans for us right smack in our face instead of letting us question all the happenings around us. Now that's quite ironic since I have reasoned otherwise with others who suggested the same thing to me. Unfortunately, even though I understand why God wouldn't want to tell us too much, I still wish to know His reasons for allowing what's happening right now.

Perhaps instead of asking those questions above, we could instead ask ourselves other questions such as why can't we have implicit faith in God? Why can't we fully trust His plans for He knows what's best? Why can't we chase His heart with all our soul, with all our mind and with all our heart? Then again, it all comes back to the same question of why.

I believe I won't find the answer to anything anytime soon, but I pray that God will continue to reveal His plan in His perfect timing to not just me, but everyone else.