10/07/2026
In our loss of our dear Pastor Jan, we may have many of these questions and concerns but like this artist and writer states: When nothing makes sense, I want God to explain Himself. What He gives instead, in Psalm 62:8, is somewhere to take the question.
"Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us."
It doesn't say trust Him once it all makes sense. It says at all times, including the times when nothing does.
And it doesn't ask me to understand. It asks me to pour out my heart. Not tidy it first. Empty it, confusion included.
So today, if you're worn out by questions that don't make sense, you don't have to answer them before you bring them to God.
Lord, Help Me Make Sense of What Makes No Sense.
(Published October 6th 2026)
I was chatting to Theo (4) in bed the other night before saying goodnight and he asked me, "If God is so big, how does He fit in our hearts?"
He's been asking a lot about how big God is lately. This was the next step. If God is that big, and a heart is that small, it doesn't add up.
I wasn't really sure how to answer that one. I said something along the lines of God's love is what lives in your heart, and love can fit anywhere.
His questions are good, though. How does God actually fit in our hearts?
How did God just speak and the world was created?
How is God everywhere and outside of time?
Good questions for a four-year-old to ask.
But a bedtime question about God's size and how He created things isn't quite the same as the questions that we as adults tend to ask.
Why did God heal one person and not the other?
Why did they die so young?
Why are my prayers not answered?
Good questions for anyone to ask.
Very often, the answer doesn't come. Or something comes that sounds true but still doesn't help.
Being told "it's God's will" or "it's part of God's plan" doesn't help much when what's happened seems to go against His promises.
It makes no sense.
When nothing makes sense, I want God to explain Himself. What He gives instead, in Psalm 62:8, is somewhere to take the question.
"Trust in Him at all times, you people. Pour out your heart before Him. God is a refuge for us."
It doesn't say trust Him once it all makes sense. It says at all times, including the times when nothing does.
And it doesn't ask me to understand. It asks me to pour out my heart. Not tidy it first. Empty it, confusion included.
So today, if you're worn out by questions that don't make sense, you don't have to answer them before you bring them to God.
Theo wanted to know how God could fit in a heart. This verse doesn't answer that. It tells us to do something simpler: pour our hearts out to Him.
You may not get the answer you're looking for.
But you'll find a refuge.
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