Why?

I don't understand how God works or why He does what He does. We wonder why things happen, things that seem horrible to us. I was just caught a TV show about Hawkings. What an amazing brain, one that can really wrap his mind around things like a black hole. Too bad it is trapped in a body that is nearly helpless. That was my first thought. Then the show went on to talk about how he had a bad spell and was in the hospital for 3 months with almost nothing to do but think. So think he did. He thought about black holes and he came up with a whole new theory, one that proved his old theory about black holes, that he defended for 30 years, wrong!
What would have happened if this man had had a perfectly working body? Surely he would have still become a genius but would he have still discovered what he has today, if he had had a normal busy life at home and at work with all the distractions of life? Maybe, maybe not.

Lesson learned: Slow down and reflect on things that are important to you, be that black holes or God. Perhaps that is why Jesse had cancer; very early in our marriage we were forced to put our priorities straight and realize how fragile and short life is. We learned how blessed we are with family and friends.

Now if I could just figure our why God made Chiggers!