Tessa Afshar, Pearl in the Sand

"We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good."

"I mean that the reason God seems to act in ways that make no sense to us is that our perceptions are wrong. Our expectations are subtly twisted. We long for things that harm us and run from the things that grow and heal us. We think good is bad and bad is good. God acts rightly, but to us, it seems confusing. Or sometimes plain wrong."