The Question, (cont.)

Am I lovely? Do you see me? Are you captivated by what you see? - The Question

Sometimes, God will thwart the desires of our hearts. Sometimes he does it to force the fact that nothing will fill our desires but him. Sometimes he does it to reassure us that we are in the right place. Sometimes . . . well, sometimes only God knows his reasons.

My husband has been gone on a business trip, and I have felt a strong sense of thwarting from heaven. I have realized once again, I have elevated my my husband into the role of answering my Question.

Inevitably, something will happen . . . He leaves on a business trip. Or he forgets his phone. Or something happens elsewhere in his world and I'm caught in the crossfire.

I feel forgotten, abandoned and alone.

Instead of turning to the Lover of my soul, I fuss and cry and just generally make my husband feel like he's failing me.

He is a good a husband. He is a terrible god. No matter how wonderful he is, he will never be able to answer my Question.

That is for God alone.

That's why he wrote the Question.

Think about it. God longed for relationship. So he created us.

And he wrote the question.

It's not a bug that accidentally slipped into our code to mess up God's perfect creation.

God hand-crafted the Question and placed it into each woman's heart. And he wrote the Question in such a way that only he can answer.

Am I lovely? Do you see me? Are you captivated by what you see?

Yes. John 3.16

Yes. Song of Songs 4.7

Yes. Isaiah 62.3