Does this happen to you? You use Google to search for the answer to a question or you type a phrase into Google’s simple search box, and a link to Yahoo Answers pops up in the top five results. For some reason, this surprises me every time it happens. For better or worse, Yahoo is a popular destination for answers to important life questions.
I recently ran across this question, asked by a 16 year-old boy:
Why does God’s love not seem like enough? Am I being selfish?
You can read the question’s details and the answer provided for yourself, so I don’t need to summarize them here. What made me stop and continue reading was the categorization above entry: “Resolved Question.” That means the questioner read the answer and gave it that designation. Well alright then!
I can’t decide how I feel about the exchange. One the one hand, these particular questions, paired as they are, strike me as being too big for Yahoo Answers. They seem better suited for an essay. Or better yet, written as a Psalm.
On the other hand, the answer that the questioner awarded a resolved status designation is beautiful in its simplicity. At its core it says, “Stop being selfish, help other people, and there you will really feel the love of God.”
Simple answers to hard questions can help us focus on change that makes a difference. But it’s in the doing where we struggle. In the doing is also where we find grace.
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