Browning Ware, wrote about the grace of Christ’s coming. He wrote:
“When I was younger, I thought there was an answer to every problem. And for a time, I knew all of the answers.
- I knew about parenting until I had children.
- I knew about divorce until I got one.
- I knew about suicide until three of my closest friends took their lives in the same year.
- I knew about the death of a child until my child died.
“I‘m not as impressed with answers as I once was. Answers seem so pallid, sucked dry of blood and void of life. Knowing answers leads us to make pronouncements.
“I still have a few friends or acquaintances who are 100 percent sure on almost everything, and are ready to make pronouncements on marriage problems, teen pregnancies, AIDS, or whatever is coming down the pike.
“But when we get shoved into our valley of the shadows, a pronouncement is the last thing we need. We try to make everything fit our easy answers, but more important and satisfying than getting all the answers is knowing the one who is the answer.”
Shalom, Paul