"The psalmist asked why. Job, a blameless man, suffering horrible torments in an ash heap, asked why. It does not seem to me to be sinful to ask the question. What is sinful is resentment against God and His dealings with us." (44-45)
"Do not be afraid to tell him exactly what you feel. (He's already read your thoughts anyway.) Don't tell the whole world. god can take it -- others can't. Then listen for his answer. Six scriptural answers to the question WHY come from: 1 Peter 4:12-13, Romans 5:3-4, 2 Corinthians 12:9, John 14:31, Romans 8:17, Colossians 1:24. There is mystery, but it is not all mystery. Here are clear reasons." (45)
"Nevertheless, we have the promises. Romans 8:28-29 is one of my most reread passages. I believe we can rest assured that we are invulnerable so long as God does not give permission for us to be hurt. If He gives that permission, He will not leave us alone. He goes with us through the valley, the deep water, the furnace. He will never, absolutely never, leave or forsake us." (56)
"'And only Heaven is better than to walk with Christ at midnight, over moonless seas.'" (Amy Charmichael quotes from a song) (57)
"He is not all we would ask for (if we were honest), but it is precisely when we do not have what we would ask for, and only then, that we can clearly perceive His all-sufficiency. It is when the sea is moonless that the Lord has become my Light." (57)
