Odd Legos

I enjoy to construct Lego figures, and it often occurs that while I build it, I realize that the figure I’m building has no resemblance to the object I want to create. I begin to question the instructions, but then resolve to keep following them. I then laugh at myself at the way the thought of doubting the instructions could have even been upon me. I have learned that, as I must never doubt the instructions, we must never doubt God and his intentions, “For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, and we should come together in judgment.” (Job. 9.32) In this way, Job's punishment can be compared to the way people perceive the dreadful events that occur in their lives. 

Presently, people who have suffered a great loss, like the death of a loved one, for instance, tend to question God’s actions. This only makes the mourning so much harder to bear, for, as Max Ehrmann says in his poem, Desiderata, “…you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God… Keep peace with your soul.” By doubting God’s actions over our lives, we are only making the journey much more difficult than it really is.