Quotes about Questioning

The prophet Habakkuk lived in a time that was much like ours. He, too, asked Hashem, 'Why do you tolerate the treacherous? Why are you silent while the wicked swallow up those more righteous than themselves?' And you know Hashem's reply as well as I do: 'The righteous shall live by his faith.

Friendships are like plowed open fields ready for growth. What we plant is what will grow. If we plant seeds of reassurance, blessing, and love, we reap a great harvest of security. Of course, if we plant seeds of backbiting, questioning, and doubt, we reap a great harvest of insecurity.

Is God good? Is God good to me? Do I trust God to be God?

This went beyond just rejection from man. That is hard. But what's downright horrible is when God seems to just silently stand by, withholding answers and solutions for which you've cried out. That deep hurt can make you question His goodness.

It's Good to Ask the "What" Questions but Less Helpful to Ask "Why

You must ask God what he thinks of you, and you must stay with the question until you have an answer. The battle will get fierce here. This is the last thing the Evil One wants you to know.

What sort of tale have I fallen into? is a question that would help us all a great deal if we wondered it for ourselves.

Look at me Who am I supposed to be? Look at me What am I supposed to be? Look at me Oh my love

Schooling, instead of encouraging the asking of questions, too often discourages it.

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith.

Doubt always coexists with faith, for in the presence of certainty who would need faith at all?

But in order to have an adult faith, most of us have to outgrow and unlearn much of what we were taught about religion.