Thanks for joining me, here, in my corner of the world.
Five Minute Fridays: We write for five minutes flat, we free fall, we lean in to one word, to encourage and empower each other.
Why???
I was a self professed muller.
After spending years and years of questioning God about so many things, why this and why that, God. I lacked understanding. Why would such a loving, kind, and generous Father allow _______________________.
I realized that my whys were focused in the wrong direction. You see, many of my questions were centered around painful events, in my life, in the lives of others, and in the world.
But it was in this place where I felt the nudging from the Holy Spirit that shifted my why to what.
So, instead of churning in my questions, I began to lean in, deeper, to what God was producing. He doesn’t create the horror, the violence, or the traumatic events, but He does allow them to happen to produce something greater, something beautiful.
His ways are higher than ours…
All things come through His permissive will. When I rest in this truth, I find comfort, especially in the hard places, and where there is no understanding.
When I moved from why to what, my flawed understanding was quelled.
We know that all things work together for our good, right….
Beauty would blossom from the ashes, because pain produces His greater purpose.
#fmf
Joan Taylor 
So good to hear from you, Joan!
I like the idea of shifting our why into what – His faithfulness will always bring good out of the situation.
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What good advice, shifting our whys to what’s. What can we do? What is he doing?
Im glad I stopped by today, this really touched me!
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Trust Him deeper, in everything, at all times. This requires our ability to surrender our desire to control.
Many times I am able to see that His will is revealed.
I am so glad that you stopped by.
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Love this perspective Joan! Thank you for sharing your wisdom! Cindy Wilkins
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It didn’t come easy, Cindy. It came hard. However, nevertheless the shift in my mindset came. Thanks for stopping by.
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Great post! My thoughts for FMF were along the same lines. It is easy to get caught up in asking why, but often a more productive question is what God wants to do in the situation and our part in that. Visiting from #13.
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Yes, it’s instinctive to get caught up in the why, but far more productive to lean into what God wants to produce. Thanks for stopping by, Lesley. I am going to pay you visit.
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Joan I appreciate your encouragement to go beyond the why and get to His heart.
Visiting from FMF
Blessings to you
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Blessings to you. I am so glad that you stopped by. I am going to stop by your corner of the world, Kelly!
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Yes it is when we maintain the God’s Perspectives of “what” other than the world perspectives of “why”, we, I are able to connect to the abundance of God’s love for Us and share in His manifested Glory for all creation.
Thank you Joan!
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Yes. God’s perspective is what and the world’s limited viewpoint focuses in on why. Thanks for stopping by and sharing a slice of truth!
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shifting our thinking is what God does best 🙂
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I am currently working on the From Whys to What’s Workshop. In the process I realized that I did respond to your comment. Indeed, revelation comes from the Holy Spirit, and then shifting takes place. Thanks for stopping by, Carol.
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