Mysteries

Do any of you enjoy a good mystery?
The theaters and bookstores would suggest we do, especially when the end leaves us hanging and we can speculate and discuss, argue even, about “who done it”. It makes us feel like we have a say or some sort of control over history.

Think about the different mysteries in life.
• How can a humming bird fly?
• Why do children from the same family turn out so differently?
• Why do flowers cheer us up when we are sad?
• Why are dandelions considered weeds to be eliminated?
• Why do women need 10 pairs of black shoes (this might be a mystery to men but every woman knows why).
• Why are dogs so loyal and cats so … well you know how cats are? (Maybe I love cats because you have to earn their affection???)
• How can one place feel like home and another not?

And then there are the more difficult mysteries.
• Why do we just know that it’s wrong to kill babies?
• How can God be good and all powerful and yet let evil abound on earth?

• What are heaven and hell really like?
• How can God be sovereign yet humanity still be responsible for their actions?

The mystery that God brought to my attention this week is one I hadn’t thought of at any length before: Why will we not sin in heaven? Some suggestions I’ve heard include:
• Satan is no longer present with us.
• Our sinful nature is taken away from us.
• We no longer have free will.
But the most awe inspiring answer I heard was in the class I’m taking on suffering and evil. The comment was made that when we come face to face with Almighty God and his holiness and love and … well his whole character, sin will be so abhorrent to us, we won’t want to sin.

I so hope this is true, but if it is why can’t/don’t I abhor sinning to the same degree now. My goodness, Jesus had to die because of how horrible my sin is. Let me put that in bold, underlined, red, italics so you can hear through the computer screen how important this point is. Jesus had to die because of how horrible my sin is. 

It is truly another mystery that I still sin unflinchingly at times with full knowledge of what I’m doing. Remorse certainly follows and repentance and commitment to godliness. And then I sin again… Could the solution be to get to know and understand God better, to be so captivated by our wonderful Lord that sin has no appeal???

BEV: Lord, please reveal what you want me to know about you today.
ANSWER: I know everything about you, everything about your best and worst thinking, your choices both past and future, your dreams, and your struggles. And Bev, I hold your life in my hands.
BEV: Knowing me so completely, how could you possibly still love me?
ANSWER: You were speaking about mysteries.J Just know that I do love you and keep on looking for me and to me. I will help in exactly the ways you need.

Hebrews 11:6 (TNIV) And without faith it is impossible to please God, because anyone who comes to him must believe that he exists and that he rewards those who earnestly seek him.

Please join me in committing to knowing God better. It will take all of eternity and more.

Blessings from Bev