No Escape

That "escape clause" thing from Elijah has been turning over and over in my mind ever since he said it. It reminded me of something I read quite awhile back that really impacted me. Donald Miller was commenting on the book of Job, the events of which occurred very early on in human history. Here are his words:

The first thing God wanted to communicate to mankind was that life is hard, and there is pain, great pain in life, and yet the answer to this pain, or the cure for this pain, is not given in explanation; rather, God offers to this pain, or this life experience, Himself. Not steps, not an understanding, not a philosophy, but Himself. I take this to mean the first thing God wanted to communicate to humanity was that He was God, He was very large and in control, storing snow in Kansas, stopping waves at a certain point on the beach, causing clouds to carry rain, causing wind to race down imaginary hills of barometric pressure, and that if He could do all this, then He could be trusted, and that, perhaps, this would help us through our lives. And so, from the beginning....God presents life, as it is, without escape, with only Himself to cling to."