“For the father who holds a rose taken off his son’s coffin, God speaks. For the wife who holds the flag taken off her husband’s casket, he speaks. For the couple with the barren womb and the fervent prayers, he speaks. For any person who has tried to see God through shattered glass, he speaks. For those of us who have dared to say, “If God is God, then … ,” God speaks.”
- Max Lucado

As the deer longs for streams of water, so I long for you, O God. I thirst for God, the living God.
When can I go and stand before him? My heart is breaking as I remember how it used to be: I walked among the crowds of worshipers… Singing for joy and giving thanks – Why am I discouraged? Why is my heart so sad? I will put my hope in God! I will praise him again— my Savior and my God!
- Psalm 42:1-6 (NIV)

Keep on asking, and you will receive what you ask for. Keep on seeking, and you will find. Keep on knocking, and the door will be opened to you.
- Matthew 7:7 (NLT)

Who are you to question my wisdom with such ignorant words?
- Job 38:2 (NLT)

Brace yourself like a man, because I have some questions for you, and you must answer them. Where were you when I laid the foundations of the earth? Tell me if you know so much.
- Job 38:3-4 (NLT)

Who determined its dimensions and stretched out the surveying line? What supports its foundations, and who laid its cornerstone?
- Job 38:5-6 (NLT)

“Questions rush forth. They pour like sheets of rain out of the clouds. The splatter in the chambers of Job’s heart with a wildness and a beauty and a terror that leave every Job who has ever lived drenched and speechless, watching the Master redefine who is who in the universe.”
- Max Lucado

Have you ever commanded the morning to appear and caused the dawn to rise in the east? Have you made daylight spread to the ends of the earth, to bring an end to the night’s wickedness? - Job 38:12-13 (NLT)

Do you know where the gates of death are located? Do you realize the extent of the earth? Tell me about it if you know! Where does light come from… Do you know how to get there? - Job 38:17-20 (NLT)

Job couldn’t argue. God owes no one anything. No explanations. No excuses. No help. God has no debt, no outstanding balance, no favors to return. God owes no man anything.”
- Max Lucado