{"id":368,"date":"2012-11-14T09:01:45","date_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:01:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ordinaryadventure\/?p=368"},"modified":"2012-11-14T09:01:45","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:01:45","slug":"wonder-ask-more-questions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/ordinaryadventure\/2012\/11\/wonder-ask-more-questions\/","title":{"rendered":"Wonder: Ask More Questions"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>I remember when my son Zeke hit age two and started hammering me with 743 questions a day.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s seven now, and he hasn\u2019t stopped yet.\u00a0 I hope he never does.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Last month, we asked people to join us on a 31-day challenge to do something Amazing every day.\u00a0 One common theme we saw in the Amazing stuff people shared was wonder.\u00a0 People weren\u2019t adding one more busy thing to their already button-poppingly full lives.\u00a0 Instead they were looking at what was always there in front of them\u2014a tree dropping leaves, a grandmother\u2019s face\u2014and seeing it for what it really is.\u00a0 This month, Chrissy is be blogging weekly about nourishing in your life this thing called wonder.\u00a0 As always, share your experiences here and on <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ThisOrdinaryAdventure\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\">our Facebook page.<\/span><br>\n<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Let\u2019s take just one morning as an example.\u00a0 On an ordinary school day, before breakfast was even finished, he had prodded me to explain:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>proper flag folding technique<\/li>\n<li>the branches of the U.S. military<\/li>\n<li>modernism and postmodernism<\/li>\n<li>the advantages and disadvantages of different methods of weeding.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>On a recent hike he probed all the way through everything I know about genetic engineering, hybrid corn, Monsanto, and algae growth.\u00a0 Out of the blue he\u2019ll throw out, \u201cHow would you rewire a digital clock so some of the dots in the numbers didn\u2019t light up?\u201d or \u201cWhen can we go to Yellowstone Park?\u201d or \u201cWho lives in that big cemetery?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I often remind myself, <strong>this is how he expresses love.<\/strong>\u00a0 He asks questions because that\u2019s his favorite way to spend time with me and know me better.<\/p>\n<p><strong>I want to express my love to God in the same way\u2014questioning the world not just to know it better, but also to be near him and know him better as he answers.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Zeke is an expert in spotting mysteries.\u00a0 What if we all went through life with that kind attentiveness to mystery, and that eagerness to learn?\u00a0 What if we were as humbly aware of all we didn\u2019t know?<\/p>\n<p>As a teacher, I would so much rather have students who approach the world like Zeke.\u00a0 I have no problem answering tough questions with, \u201cThat\u2019s a great question, and I\u2019m not the one to answer it.\u00a0 Let\u2019s talk about it together, or do some research on it, and see what we find.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>God doesn\u2019t have the problem of not knowing the answers to our questions, but he doesn\u2019t always just spit back easy questions our way either.\u00a0 I believe God loves to hear us ask questions and then walk with us on a journey of answering them.<\/p>\n<p>Too often we already assume 1) We already know enough\u2014we\u2019re passed out of school and are done with learning, or 2) God would be annoyed if we tried to ask more of him.<\/p>\n<p><strong>But at the roots of his being, God is the source of understanding and wisdom. <\/strong>The book of Job says it poetically (28:12-28):<\/p>\n<p>But where can wisdom be found?<br>\nWhere does understanding dwell?<br>\n<sup>\u00a0<\/sup>No mortal comprehends its worth;<br>\nit cannot be found in the land of the living.<br>\nThe deep says, \u201cIt is not in me\u201d;<br>\nthe sea says, \u201cIt is not with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><sup>\u00a0<\/sup>It cannot be bought with the finest gold,<br>\nnor can its price be weighed out in silver.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<br>\nGod understands the way to it<br>\nand he alone knows where it dwells,<br>\nfor he views the ends of the earth<br>\nand sees everything under the heavens.<br>\nWhen he established the force of the wind<br>\nand measured out the waters,<br>\nwhen he made a decree for the rain<br>\nand a path for the thunderstorm,<br>\nthen he looked at wisdom and appraised it;<br>\nhe confirmed it and tested it.<br>\nAnd he said to the human race,<br>\n\u201cThe fear of the Lord\u2014that is wisdom\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Go ahead, dare to ask questions this week.\u00a0 Look around and notice what you do not know, and have fun getting to know God better as you ask.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>More verses on wonder: <\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+119:27&amp;version=NIV\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalm 119:27<\/a><\/strong><br>\nCause me to understand the way of your precepts, that I may meditate on your <strong>wonderful<\/strong> deeds<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Psalm+139:6&amp;version=NIV\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Psalm 139:6<\/a><\/strong><br>\nSuch knowledge is too <strong>wonderful<\/strong> for me, too lofty for me to attain.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Isaiah+9:6&amp;version=NIV\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Isaiah 9:6<\/a><\/strong><br>\nFor to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. 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