So many unanswered questions
Why do I keep on suffering? Why are my wounds incurable? Why won't they heal? Do you intend to disappoint me like a stream that goes dry in the summer? ~ Jeremiah 15:18 (GNT)
Now all we can see of God
is like a cloudy picture
in a mirror.
Later we will see him
face to face. ~ 1 Corinthians 13:12a (CEV)
KEY IDEA:
We need to be patient and let God answer the questions in his own time.
PRAYER:
I'm so thankful, Lord, for all that you have revealed of yourself. Of course, as a curious and sometimes frustrated person, I'd sure like you to show us more of what you are up to. Why do I still suffer? Forgive me for getting swallowed up in my questions. Help me to trust you and to wait patiently for the time when we can have a good face-to-face conversation. I'm confident that your answers will be enough, but still I suffer. Amen.
*ABOUT THE
DAILY TEXTS
The Daily Texts have been published by the Moravian Church since 1731. In 2011 I started posting these Bible verses for my spiritual formation students at Pacific Islands University. In the process of responding to the verses, I found the rhythm of looking for a common thread and writing a prayer based on that key idea to be helpful for my own soul. The prayers are more or less modeled on the TRIP method, which is what I ask my students to do in their journaling. ~ Brad Boydston
TRANSLATIONS
ABP = Authorized Boydston Paraphrase -- a freestyle biblical adaptation -- somewhere between paraphrase, commentary, and sermon
CEB = Common English Bible (©2011, the Common English Bible)
CEV = Contemporary English Version (©1995, American Bible Society)
MSG = The Message (©1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2000, 2001, 2002 by Eugene H. Peterson)
NIRV = New International Reader's Version (©1996, 1998, Biblica)
NIV = New International Version (©1973, 1978, 1984, 2011, Biblica)
NLT = New Living Translation (©1996, 2004, 2007, 2013, Tyndale House Foundation)
NRSV = New Revised Standard Version (© 1989 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.) NTE = New Testament for Everyone (©2011 Nicolas Thomas Wright.)