Hello ,

In their book Think Like a Freak, economists Steven Levitt and Stephan Dubner state, "It has long been said that the three hardest words to say in the English language are I love you. We heartily disagree! For most people, it is much harder to say I don't know." They point to the following experiment as one of the many ways that we won't admit "I don't know":

Imagine you are asked to listen to a simple story and then answer a few questions about it. Here's the story: A little girl named Mary goes to the beach with her mother and brother. They drive there in a red car. At the beach they swim, eat some ice cream, play in the sand, and have sandwiches for lunch.  Scroll down to take the quiz.

Now the questions:

1.  What color was the car?

2.  Did they have fish and chips for lunch?

3.  Did they listen to music in the car?

4.  Did they drink lemonade with lunch?

How'd you do? 

Let's compare your answers to those of a bunch of kindergartners, who were given this quiz by researchers. 

Nearly all the children got the first two questions right ("red" and "no"). 

But the children did much worse with questions 3 and 4. Why? Those questions were unanswerable-there wasn't enough information given in the story. 

And yet a whopping 76 percent of the children answered these questions either yes or no.

Kids who try to bluff their way through a simple quiz like this are right on track for careers in business and politics, where almost no one ever admits to not knowing anything. [But it's a shame we can't humbly admit our ignorance], for until you can admit what you don't yet know, it's virtually impossible to learn what you need to.*

It's O.K. for Christians to answer "I don't know."  There are some things that we just don't have answers to...it's as simple as that.  We can however, take heart in the fact that we know Someone who DOES know the answers.  

Will we have questions when we get to heaven?  I have some now.  Maybe when I get to heaven all my questions will dissipate...but prior to my arrival there after Jesus comes back, I have some things that I just haven't been able to definitively answer. Until the time when I can receive the answers to my questions...I trust in the God who has proven Himself to be trustworthy. 

Have a great day and God bless!

Pastor Mike / The Open Word 

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