So Many Questions But The Answers Are So Few?

I particularly like this line from one of the song of Side A (A Philippine based band). We have lots of questions and most of the time we ended up always wondering why there is little or no answer at all.

A brother once asked me if it is bad to stay away from something or someone you love so someone else can be happy. At first, it sounds heroic but before we even answer the question, we have look deeper and ask another question, where is our heart anchored? Because a heart that is anchored in Christ is in the best condition to discern the right choices and a well-discerned decision gives peace.

How do we know the right answers? It comes when we listen more than talk in prayer. We just don’t monopolize the conversation; we give God a chance to talk to us. Prayer is a dialogue, not a monologue. In listening lies the answers to our questions.

We are perplexed with our decisions since we are not sure if it is the right thing to do. We pray and yet we are still not at peace, because we don’t listen. We want something and when God speaks to us we become selective hearers. We only listen to what we want to hear. If we are really serious about knowing the right answers, we have to listen and accept the answer as it is. So discerning rightly of giving up something or someone can come only from a heart that is anchored in Christ. A discerning heart is a listening and accepting heart.

So many questions and the answers are so few? Actually, the answer is there, we just have to listen. Keep striving because all of us are struggling anyway.

by aats