Some good questions naturally arise...
Why are not all prayers answered magically and instantly?
Why must every new convert trod out the same patent spiritual
disciplines?
Because persistent prayer, fasting, study, and meditation are
designed primarily for our sake, not for God’s.
Kierkegaard said that Christians sometimes reminded him of schoolboys
who want to look at the answers to their math problems in the back of the book
rather than work through them. We can all confess to such schoolboy sentiments,
and we are not alone. We all yearn for shortcuts. But shortcuts usually lead away
from growth, not word it.
I like what Rabbi Abraham Heisel observed, “...faith like Jobs cannot be
shaken because it is the result of having been shaken.” What do you think of Rabbi Heisel's comment about Jobs faith
being better because God allowed it to be shaken?
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