Like you, I have lots of questions for God. Some of them are simple (what's the real purpose of mosquitoes?), while others are more complex (why allow the ongoing suffering of people, especially children?). Job had questions for God. His life had been turned upside-down, and he spends chapters and chapters in dialogue with his friends, trying to understand why these terrible things have happened.
In the end of the book, God shows up in dramatic fashion. "Where were you?" God asks, reminding Job that it is God who has lain the foundations of the earth and kept the sea penned up in its place. Before the majesty and grandeur of God, what can be said? It certainly puts our suffering in perspective as we remember that God is greater than we can imagine and can see things that we cannot -- we can trust God even when we don't understand the full reason for things, because God sees farther than we can -- God's vision stretches far beyond what our minds can grasp.
So don't apologize for your questions, but don't let them stand in the way of your worship. You can have both, for God is both mystery and intimate, near to us and yet dwelling in the heights of heaven.
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