food for thought......

When I approach Jester dining, I have a very strict J2 mentality. A rule of thumb I have is that I never check the menu before I go. Personally, I really enjoy that element of surprise when it comes to eating. Every visit to J2 is an adventure for me. I wonder why I can't have that same kind of mentality when it comes to my relationship with God.

Don't you ever wonder why God doesnt just answer your prayers? Or why he doesn't show some amazing sign of his presence when you look for him? Doesn't it just kill ya to know that God's answer to a lot of things is simply, wait or be patient? Sometimes I just want to know how situations will turn out or what God is going to do in a particular area. With God I feel like I always want to check the menu. Somehow it's just more comforting to have control in places that are beyond my control.

Stepping back for a moment it's probably best that I don't know everything that will happen in my life. How boring would it be to know everything that was going to happen. I know that some food they serve at J2 just isn't that appetizing and frankly if I knew what they were going to serve up there.... I wouldn't plan to visit. Just like if I knew a flower pot were to come falling down from the 14th floor of jester and crack my head open... I don't think I'd ever walk outside again.

But when the story unfolds I can think back and realize that God was a part of it the whole time. God's work is more evident when we don't know the future. Would we even care about what's happening now if we knew how things were going to turn out?

Although we may not know what the future holds, we know that God always has something we can appreciate at the end of the trail. It's just like J2. Maybe I dont really enjoy the food when I get up to the second floor but they always have ice cream and I definitely appreciate that.