Chapter 2- "Lord, don't you care?

In Chapter 2, we dig deeper into the few verses of the story of Mary & Martha.  In this chapter, Weaver starts with Martha's question, "Lord, don't you care?".  Wow, how many times do we find ourselves asking this question?  Weaver discusses how Martha just wanted everything to be "fair".  Lord, don't you care that it's not fair?  Mary doing nothing, Martha doing everything.  I am an oldest and a type A personality.  I ask myself and God about fairness everyday.  I struggle with remembering that parenting isn't about fairness.  The number of baths we each give and times we get up in the middle of the night just might not be "fair".  Life isn't fair.  The best thing she said in the chapter to me about fairness was that it will just set us up for disappointment.  Duh, Lindy!  If life isn't fair then you are going to be disappointed if you still expect it.  She also talks about doubt, distraction, and discouragement.  Things the devil uses to get us to doubt God's love for us or that God cares.  There is a lot more to the chapter but I just can't type all the good stuff.

As for the questions, I already posted about Psalm 103.  It is hard to doubt the love and care of God when it is so plainly written to us.  I made my list and had to stop.  It was so long.  Verse 8 stuck out to me because we read it during our liturgy in church.  Also, I connected with verse 10.  It is just another reminder that life isn't fair and that God isn't.  I am so thankful he doesn't repay us according to our iniquities.  I'd be in even more trouble than I already am.

Finally, she asks us to write a letter Jesus beginning with "Lord, I know you love me because..." My letter was short.

Lord, I know you love me because you won't leave me the same.

There was so much more in this chapter that really spoke to me.  The reason we ask if the Lord cares is because we feel he's left us and that is just not true.  I remember when my friend, Ben,  who died in the earthquake in Haiti.  People kept saying "oh it was God's plan" etc.  No, it wasn't.  God's plan was for Ben to spread the light of Christ everywhere he went.  During this time of tragedy I'm sure you can say "Lord, don't you care"?  Ben left his wife, his cousin, his family, his nephew.  Yes, the Lord cares.  God was standing there with Ben's wife on the hill in Haiti weeping with her and still weeps and rejoices with her today.  God weeps and rejoices with all of us, because its impossible for God not to care.  

Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;

I have called you by name, you are mine.  Isaiah 43:1