Posing Questions Gives Us The Frame to Ponder

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Questions can be fertilizer to help grow our faith and wisdom. Going into our scripture study with questions can help open our minds to personal revelation. Working on questions through prayer can allow God to expand our perspective. Understanding a doctrine in relation to our personal life and asking "what if . . . " as we ponder can open us up and make us better able to listen to the Holy Ghost. Questions are not a bad thing; they are the framework that we can ponder truths over. We should not avoid them; we should seek out better and better questions.

When Adam and Eve sinned in the Garden, God posed questions to them. "Where are you?" "Who told you that you were naked?" "What have you done?" And more. Those questions could easily be seen in one dimension. They can be seen as only looking for simple answers. Where am I? I'm hiding here in the bushes. What did I do? I ate the fruit.

I think God had more in mind when he asked those questions. God wanted to discuss more than the basic facts. He knew those already. He wanted to know about Adam and Eve's heart. Those questions should do the same for us. "Where am I in my relationship with God?" "Who told me I'm not good enough, and what can I do to listen to better voices?" Those same questions can be seen as jumping off places for our own pondering and as places to work on our own faithfulness.

Working on questions while also pondering and praying on them is a good framework for finding the right ways to be better disciples. In your prayers ask for more questions, not just for answers.