Eight hotdogs to a package and 12 hotdog buns to a package. What do I do with the extra 4 hotdog buns? Speedometers that go to 160 and a 60 mph speed limit. Really need some open road if they go that fast! Doing the same thing time after time with the same results! I've done this one a few times too many. That's part of what life is about. Making sense of the insensible is something that you either choose to do or not. If you don't choose to make sense of the insensible, you choose to stay stuck in life. Either that or you really don't care about the insensible. There is this overlap into Christianity as well. It's not that Christianity is confusing as much as Christianity asks us to examine ourselves, our choices and what we want from our lives in the here and now as well as the future.
I'm not saying that the Christian doesn't encounter the insensible. I'm not saying that magically all the crazy stuff we encounter or participate in is made sensible to us. Neither am I saying that we are supposed to dive into a deep conversation about all the nuisances of life and what to do about them. It would be nice to have all of the answers so that things did make sense. That's not going to happen. Nor should it. That sense of mystery or the unknown is part of what draws us deeper into who we are, who God is, and what we are supposed to be and do for Him. The Bible tells us that God will never ask us to engage something he won't keep us safe with. God further says that he will always make a way out so we can exit the situation should the desire or need to do so comes up. With that being said, we should look at what is insensible and at least try to make sense of whatever that is. Part of the process is found to aid others in their journey.
Anyone who has been around a child or has a child (small) knows all to well the "Why?" questioning that goes on followed closely with "Are we there yet?" It's interesting to hear a child at a very young age being able to say "No!" and know what that means. Our estimation of what children hear, see or experience and understand is way lower than it should be. We laugh at some of the things children say and cry at some of the things children say. Wishing to help our children has as easy a life as possible; many a parent has erred on the side of not explaining, not exploring and not encouraging a child to have an understanding of the un-understandable (like that word?). It kind of makes sense. What we don't have explanations for often are the most important parts of peoples lives. Even more so for the child or children you and I are around.
Going through the event of the death of a pet is difficult even for the adult. Living with the death of someone who is taken before they grow old is difficult for pretty much everyone. Looking at and dealing with disabilities and why they happened is as old as the Bible. When people look on someone with a disfiguration or a disability, or a severe loss (like the death of a child) fear surfaces and most do nothing. Wrong choice. Just because we don't understand or comprehend that situation or person, we are not relieved of our duty to make sense of the insensible. Our children, friends and families need to have answers even if it's only, "I don't know." Looking to make sense of the insensible is difficult. It is not impossible. We may not know the answer today, tomorrow or any other day; but we will know the answer when we get to heaven. Then it will no longer matter to us. It will matter to those we leave behind. Should we neglect to share our faith and understanding of God we neglect the very souls of those we love and care about.
What do you do when the insensible is visited upon you?
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