Life is about rocking the hell out of uncertainty together

​We've had a lot of uncertainty around these parts this week.

When will the power come back on? When will I get off this highway? When will these kids go back to school?

We've also had some ongoing uncertainty - when will this Covid finally go away?

And personally, if I've had nothing else the last couple of years, I've had plenty of uncertainty.

Here's the thing about us and God and uncertainty - at least I believe. In our uncertainty, we're often banging our heads against the wall. Yet in our uncertainty, God is often preparing himself for a visit from us. Which I think makes him happy.

I've come to discover this about certainty in my life. It usually comes when I feel like 'I' have things under control. Work is going well. Relationships are good. I'm running without pain. I'm not stranded in a snowstorm.

It's usually when I start feeling like 'I' am losing control of things that life begins to feel uncertain - and when I say - oh shoot, I forgot about God.

Hey God, life is kind of a mess again. Uhm, I could use your help here.

I don't think God minds that. At all. If either of my boys tried to create certainty in their lives by tackling it the way they see fit- they are teens, so I don't think this is at all hypothetical - and then they turned to me for guidance when life fell apart - I'd feel some distress about their situation, but I'd be smiling knowing they chose to turn to me.

Because here is the thing, God didn't create us for ideal circumstances. God created us for an ideal relationship. He didn't create us to walk together on the road of certainty, he created us to be able to look at one another and say, "we're about to rock the hell out of uncertainty."

God knows when we get to a place of not knowing what is coming our way, he's pretty sure we are about to come his way. And we need to know, he NEVER gets tired of us coming his way.

Our God is not a "here he comes again" God.

That's because first and foremost God loves us. He also does it as a model for our relationships.

I've read about so many stories this week of friends welcoming friends in their spaces of uncertainty. Friends being "I'm glad you're here" friends - not "here they come again" friends.

Life isn't about certainty. I have to tell you, there's no such thing. Certainty is something we create in our minds to make us feel safer about life.

No, life is actually about rocking the hell out of uncertainty together - with God and with one another.

When we discover that, life never feels safer.

Believe me... I know.