Because I said so . . .

     Did your parent ever tell you that you had to do something "because I said so!"?  My parents said that to me a lot.  My dad even had a shirt with that splashed across the front.  Have you ever said that to your kids?  I have, but very rarely.  I read somewhere, when my kids were little, that using the "because I said so" reason wasn't good for them.  It was lazy of me as a parent to not explain the reason and it didn't help them a bit.  I wonder,  though . . .
     As I have mentioned, we have been studying Job in our women's Bible study.  We are wrapping it up this week and talking about how we don't have to understand God's reasons, we have to obey and trust, believe and have faith.  In other words, sometimes God just says "because I said so."  It made me think, am I causing my kids problems by always trying to make sure they understand reasons, whys, and wherefores?  Yes, they are older now, teenagers mostly, but, even as adults, we don't often understand why God is allowing certain things in our lives or why He is asking us to do certain things.  Is insisting on understanding the logic and reasoning behind things really necessary, or is God asking us to trust that His logic and reasoning are higher than ours?  I know that He is asking us to trust and obey.  Maybe it would be better for us all if we taught our kids to trust and obey again, rather than trying to make them be adults and understand our logic and reasoning for every single instruction (at least until they are teenagers, when we want them to be toddlers again).  As they get older, sure, they need to understand our reasoning so that they can later apply similar reasoning, but sometimes I think we need to just stick with "because I said so" so that they can understand that they will not always know the reasoning behind everything.