Not Everything Needs to Be Understood

We live in an age where everything demands explanation—science seeks causes, minds seek logic, and hearts seek closure. Yet, one of life’s greatest lessons is that not everything needs to be understood. Some things simply are, and trying to untangle every mystery only leads to exhaustion.

Life doesn’t always make sense. We can’t explain why a promising child dies young while a frail elder lives on past ninety. We can’t make sense of why the upright person contracts HIV while someone who trades morality for survival stays healthy for decades. We watch the wicked prosper while the honest struggle, and we wonder if fairness still exists. The truth is, life does not follow human logic.

The top student doesn’t always become the most successful. The brilliant thinker doesn’t always make money. The kind soul doesn’t always receive kindness in return. Sometimes, life’s equation refuses to balance. As the ancient wisdom says, “The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong… nor does food come to the wise or favor to the learned.”

The beauty—and peace—of life come when we stop forcing everything to make sense. Accepting that mystery exists is an act of wisdom, not ignorance. Some seasons are not meant to be analyzed but experienced. Some losses will never have explanations, and that’s okay.

When we release the need to understand everything, we make space for faith, patience, and peace. Life unfolds according to a higher plan, one that often makes sense only in hindsight. So breathe. Let go of the “why” for a while. Walk by faith, one step at a time. You don’t need all the answers to live a meaningful life—you just need trust in the One who holds them.