Job....the guy in the Bible

I was listening to an audiobook on my way back and forth to work. The author is discussing the life of Job. Most of his emphasis is on the fact Job didn't really do anything to bring on all his problems on himself, but that God let them happen. His "friends" kept making reasons for all the strangeness in his life (sound familiar?) and well....you know the story. Lots of the reasoning assumed by the friends-and nagging wife- tended to be centered around Job and what he'd done, or not done.

Why is it in life that we are always searching for a reason? Like everything that happens to us in life has a reason or problem that must be found out or solved. Or both. And if neither happens, the underlying reason lies within ourselves.

But what if it doesn't? How can we assume that EVERYTHING in life has to do with US? Life doesn't evolve around us...there's not but a minute amount of things we can do to actually affect life around us. But we can't do much to effect it's revolvation around....the sun. Not us. The sun. The friggin' earth doens't even spin around us. Nor can we change its path.

Yes, we bring things on ourselves. We CAN and DO have a vast and lasting effect on what's thrown in our way in life. And on the people in it. And when things happen, we think through it for many reasons- find out what caused it, learn from it what we can in order to avoid its reoccurrance, etc. Good reasons.

My question is...why must there always be an answer? Does there HAVE to be a reason? We search desperately for them...but what if there doesn't have to be one? And does it always do good to find it if there is one? You figure it out, then what? Like with Job, there was no reason. His faith was being tested. Why? Nobody really knows, besides the fact that Satan just felt like testing it. But what good would it have done for Job to have found that out? If I were him, I think to have found that all out after all that had happened to him, I would throw my head back and laugh. Cause Satan just couldn't believe that someone would love God or have that much faith in Him? Was he bored or something? Did he really not get the fact that God IS that good? and that He is worth it? Hadn't he also served in God's presence once?

Maybe there isn't always an answer, maybe you don't always need one. To find reasoning, and know how and where to look for it is a good habit by far. But worrying and dwelling on things might not get you to where you think you want to be in life. That's my rant for the day.

Question...
Is where you're going in life really where you want to end up??

livin' in Penghu-surf update

Yesterday's waves were awesome. Some offshore storms or such were pumping in some nice swells, and we had a blast taking advantage of them. The waves themselves didn't have much power, some tended to fizzle out. But the shape overall was nice....size was perfect. It provided a perfect condition to put to practice all the guys' advice and suggestions I've been getting since I got here. I even turned LEFT. Yup, that would be a big accomplishment...especially since I never thought I could do it. And brave attempts at it had proved that assumption to be somewhat true. But whatever. I did it anyway...and it was a good turn. ;) Am almost able to walk back and forth on the board. I've gotten the right turn down ok....and can ride the wave down the side (versus just riding it forward toward the beach). I caught one...and turned and found myself surfing the rest of the line of the wave. And then kept going. I'd expected the wave to fizzle out and fall right off my board. But kept going and going til at last the last end of its crest turned over to break. Then it was gone. But that was by far the best wave of the day. Besides the left turn.

Afterwards I headed off with the guys n girls to get lunch in the city. There was no work to be done at the B & B, so I hopped A Wei's bike (tis a real motorcycle- and a very 帥 bike) and sped off. Weather was hot, but beautiful...clear blue sky and sun bright enough to blind one for a week.
After lunch everyone came back and found places in the air-conditioned cafe and slept. The guys had hogged the couch, so I lined a few chairs up and fell almost sound asleep in front of the a/c. We watched a surf movie until 阿泉 and I had to make an airport run. That was pretty much the extent of work for the day. I went to dinner with Yi-Ma and Vicky then headed home to shower and fall asleep way before bed time. Twas a perfect kind of summer day.