It doesn't take very long for us to progress through life before learning that there'll be plenty of bumpy roads up ahead. We can either look at life as a series of bad events, or we can expect life's challenges and take them on one at a time. This of course still leaves us with the “why and how” of life's tough times. In today's edition of The Open Word, Pastor David reflects on the mystery of life's unexpected turns. In our study, we learn how many of the trials we face won't give us the why and how we seek, until we can look back in retrospect.