The Mysteries of Life

(Originally published April 11, 1984)

Ah, sweet mysteries of life! The most asked question of 1984, and we've heard it on the lips of everyone from an eighty year old grandmother to the leading political candidates of today asking, "Where's the Beef?"  Now that seems an easy one compared to a lot of questions I've heard.

"Why are flies called flies?" is a pretty obvious one: Because they fly! "What makes rabbits hop and squirrels run?" was a little harder, but I let God answer a lot of those nature questions by reading the creation section of Genesis over and over. By reading the dictionary, searching through pages of the encyclopedia, and making the best use of the public library's reference books, many questions have gotten answers finally.

There are many questions we may never know the answers to, no matter how hard we try.

"How much do we budget for groceries this month?" is one sticky one and "how many pair of eyeglasses will we have to buy this year?" "Why was our electric bill so high this month when our lights were off for a whole week during a power failure?"

Another good one is "how much will college cost when Junior needs to go?" And "how will we pay for it?" - is a real doosey!

Night people ask how a day person can get up before dawn with our eyes and minds open, ready to meet the day, happily. One of the best answers to many deep questions is, "God didn't mean for us to know a lot of things, our minds aren't as big as His, to hold all of that information." (Good, huh?)

There is one questions that is answered in my mind every day, sooner or later. When every member of the family asks me, at different times of the day the most unanswered question in all of time, "What's for dinner?" I've nearly burned up my brain looking everyday for the answer to that one!

-GRANNY