Questions

I've always been very competitive. It seems like even when I was a child I always wanted to either win the race or steal a base. I always wanted to win, and I never wanted to wait to do it.

People have asked me for advice and I use to try to give them the answers. “Oh, you should do blah blah blah and everything will work out.” Then I find out there is more to the picture and my advice was about as effective as the Clemson offensive line against Virginia Tech. I had to learn to see the whole picture. I had to learn to analyze situations and assess it according to Scripture rather than by my own rational.

I have had to learn to sometimes say, “I’m not sure what the right answer is.” To be honest, sometimes there is no right answer… sometimes there is no answer at all. My dad and I have this saying, “Don’t bother to ask a question that you know there isn’t an answer to.”

Kids always ask great questions:

Q: Why is the world round?

A: God likes tether balls and wanted one of His own.

Q: Why did God make the sky blue?

A: Because He knew one day the Tar Heels would be the same color and He likes them.

Then they ask harder questions:

Q: Why do people get cancer?

Q: Why are there children in Africa with AIDS?

Q: Why don’t they have clean water in Zimbabwe?

These are all questions with an answer. We live in a fallen world. We live in a world that has been corrupted by sin. When sin entered the Garden of Eden things would never be the same again. Since that day the world has experienced violence, famines, natural disasters, and separation from God.

Q: What is the solution?

A: Christ Jesus.

It is only through Christ that the world may be reconciled with its Creator.

The time has come to stop asking why… and start asking… how?

How can I help children with AIDS in Africa?

How can I provide clean water in Zimbabwe?

How can you help?

What will you do?

Why are you waiting?

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Here are a few links to provide answers:
http://www.worldvision.org/get_involved.nsf/child/hope_home
http://www.umcsc.org/africa/africainitiative.html