03.01
I organize life through my Inbox. It’s my To-Do list. An email stays in the Inbox until I complete the request, then I file it or delete it. My goal by the end of the week is to have a clean Inbox. So, I sleep well when my Inbox is empty.
I have a friend in Florida, Carey Roesel. He does things differently. He leaves all non-spam emails in his Inbox, so he can “have easy access to them.” For Carey, his Inbox is a snapshot of his life… past, present, and future. Right now Carey has over 21,000 emails in his Inbox. 21,000. Can you believe it??? He would have over 40,000 emails, but his computer crashed a couple of years ago and he lost about 19,000.
When I first heard about Carey’s Inbox, it freaked me out! I developed a twitch right there on the spot. It overwhelmed me and I began to shut down, but somehow… it doesn’t bother Carey. He’s brilliant. Mensa brilliant. He remembers every email in his box and has a (not so simple) system for finding them. (He explained his system to me once, but I couldn’t understand it, either.)
This brings me to my issue with God. God rarely does things the way I would do them. I read passages like Genesis 12 and I wonder why God would choose Abraham to father ‘His people’. No offense to Abraham and his descendants, but he had significant issues. Why didn’t God consider Noah? He was still alive then. Wouldn’t he be a better candidate???
God’s ways are amazing, frustrating, and confusing… all at the same time. But when I start looking at all the issues that He has to deal with, they quickly overwhelm me and keep me up at night. So, I find great comfort that God’s managing the world’s Inbox, not me. I figure… if Carey’s Inbox gives me a twitch, imagine what I’d get if I saw God’s…
Anyone want to share a time when God’s ‘ways’ didn’t make sense to you?
