There are times when understanding God's will for your life is a mystical, uncertain experience. Should you go to Mombassa or Cleveland? Should you get married or stay single? Should you have more children? There are many questions about God's will that are murky. There are other times when God's will is as clear as the Ten Commandments--because really, it is the Ten Commandments. What reassuring clarity these moments offer.
Except when we wish God felt differently.
Who hasn't wished God would take it a little easier here or there? We want God to hear our special case, so that we can do whatever we want. We all have to acknowledge God doesn't play favorites, and that's better than getting our way. It is better to know that certain rules apply across the board, so that when someone else would love it if they could transgress against us they would know that this is clearly forbidden. That kind of fairness comforts me. That reliable good news is hopeful even when I know I might be waiting until the next life to see justice carried out.
I love God for his mystic qualities, but the plain truth of his declared will lifts me up.
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