Hidden With Christ

I haven't written on my blog in awhile because I often think, what is the use? I mean, does anyone even care what I have to say? Perhaps this is some other way of saying I have just been lazy. In either case I am compelled to write today so here goes...

I recently read about a thing called the "Ecclesiastes experience". It looks something like this: "Nothing makes sense; nothing really works, everything seems pointless (like making yet another post on a blog)." This is a very real thing that we all come to every now and again in our lives. Dr. Larry Crabb says the result of this experience often divides people into two groups:
Group 1:"... become experts who end up teaching others how to live
Group 2: "Struggle through their worst nightmares, lose all confidence in themselves and emerge with a humility and openness to truth that draws honest people to them." These are the ones who come through brokenness without becoming cynical and bitter.
Henri Nouwen says that "God is most available to us in the weak and mystery shrouded areas of our lives." I like that. I have learned in my life (and I am still learning this) that I do not have all the answers. I do know that my life is hid with Christ in God. It is in that hidden place that I often run to and find the comforter of my soul even in times of darkness and weakness and mystery.