In an interview with Fortune a number of years ago, Ted Turner, the media mogul and founder of CNN, was asked, "I know you were religious up to the point of seeing your sister suffer for five years and die at 17. You've gone back and forth about whether you're agnostic. Has your lack of belief that God will save humanity motivated you to fell a level of responsibility that others don't feel?"

Turner replied, "If God's going to save us, it's time for him to show up. We're not showing evidence that we're ready to save ourselves. That's what bothers me."

But when asked if he considered himself "agnostic today," Turner said, "Yeah" but then he also offered some surprising thoughts on prayer: "I still say prayers for my friends who are ill. Little short prayers. Mini-prayers. It can't hurt anything." (Remember this is from a man who once said that Christianity is a "religion for losers.")

If we are completely honest with ourselves, most of us would admit that we have had moments when we have questioned God, of His willingness to "show up," and perhaps of His actual existence.  

Our God can handle that, but He also wants us to be honest with ourselves.  There are definitely moments when we need to ask the tough questions.  Here are just a few:

"Why am I here?"

"If God doesn't exist, where did all this come from?"

"Am I truly loved, and if so how should I respond?"

I've asked those questions (and many more) over my short life-span.  Honestly, I begin to wonder about people who don't question anything.  The scriptures don't merely tell us to believe everything just because we're told to.  We are challenged to "taste and see that the Lord is good."  

The Bible challenges us to engage in real, honest dialogue with our God.  Our Creator can handle it, and He welcomes the opportunity to show us Who He really is.