Reflection

You’ve turned it over a thousand times in your mind — the words, the outcome, the unanswered questions. You’ve traced the edges of the pain, hoping that if you could just find the reason, it might soothe the ache. That if it could all make sense, maybe it wouldn’t hurt as deeply. Maybe you’d feel less foolish for hoping, less abandoned in the silence.

But faith was never meant to be built on explanation. 

It was meant to be built on trust.

There are moments in life that resist resolution — where the math doesn’t add up, where people leave without closure, where prayers rise from your heart and disappear into the sky. In those moments, your mind will reach for certainty as a way to feel safe. But healing doesn’t begin in the mind. It begins in the heart that stops striving to understand and simply says, “God, I trust you anyway.”

God is not asking you to put the pieces back together. He is asking you to believe that he can make something holy out of what was broken. His wisdom isn’t always visible, but it is always present. His mercy doesn’t always come with an explanation, but it always redeems. When you stop chasing clarity and start resting in his character, peace can finally make its home within you.

Letting go of the need to understand isn’t weakness — it’s worship. It’s choosing presence. It’s saying, “Even if I never get the why, I will still trust the who.”

Your mind may never find the reason, but your soul can still be held by the promise.

Prayer

God, I’ve been trying to make sense of things that refuse to be explained. I’ve spent so much time searching for reasons when what I need most is rest. Help me to release the need to understand every detail, and instead, help me to trust the depth of your wisdom. Remind me that you are not withholding answers to be cruel, but drawing me deeper into faith, deeper into patience. I choose you in the confusion, God. I choose what you are building in the dark.

Amen.