A Prayer for Things We Don't Understand
By Rev. Kyle Norman "He saw and believed. As yet they still did not understand from the scriptures that Jesus must rise from the dead." (John 20:8-9) The bumblebee should not be able to fly. At least that is what I am told. According to the common understanding of physics and aviation, involving complex equations relating to body mass and air resistance, the bumblebee should not be able to lift its frame off the ground. But every summer we see it buzz from flower to flower. We may not understand it, but we know it to be true. Understanding can only get us so far. This is true for our spiritual lives as much as it is for our physical lives. Despite our best efforts, and our diligent attempts to understand the intricate ways of God, our understanding will inevitably break down. God's ways are beyond our ways, God's thoughts outside our own (Isaiah 55:8). So, what do we do when this occurs? We believe. Daringly. Boldly. Stubbornly. We see this illustrated in John's Gospel. Mary has just reported the empty tomb to Peter and John. She can't understand what has taken place. The only rationale she can come up with is that someone has taken the body away; someone has desecrated the tomb of the one they loved but lost in the most demeaning and vile of manners. | 
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