The Collapse of Logic

It's been asked to the point of becoming an old cliche:  Why do bad things happen to good people?  This question begs logic to fill the chasm between the two concepts of "bad things" and "good people."  Maybe the answer lies somewhere in "good" and "bad" being words that serve us less and less as a people.  These modifiers limit our understanding of this world.  This is not to suggest that we should run out and knock over a convenience store, rather that when a convenience store is robbed, there may be a lessen for those of us who take notice.

We are so absorbed in our own lives that we frequently fail to hear God speaking to us.  We crave guidance, but distract ourselves away when easy lessons come.  So, God speaks louder until we understand.  Human emotion and response to these times provide the perfect warning flag that God is speaking, and we should turn inward in order to hear.  Our feel-good culture preaches distraction to ease the pain.  When we turn to food, entertainment, drugs, or perhaps Medieval Times (I'm still in Dallas), we split ourselves in two as one self stays with the pain and the other self becomes engrossed in the twinkle of our chosen pacifiers.

Yes...I love delicious food and I have many, many, many times used it as an escape.  Yes...I drink adult beverages.  Yes...I watch stupid-as-they-come movies when I'm blue.  Yes...I'm guilty of seeking distraction to deal with pain and sorrow.  And--I believe in the lessons that come from hard times.  I believe God speaks to us.  We need to be ready to hear.

When logic is gone, only our hearts can comprehend.  In that, there is awe because we are not incapacitated when things go wrong.