Searching for the reason

I know there are some who teach that we should not ask God why. I find that asking why helps me to better focus my prayers. I don't question disrespectfully, but I do ask for a better understanding so that if there is a way I can help either by word or deed, I can help in a more concerted or focused way. Today I find myself with sad family news realizing the only way I could possibly help is through interceding in prayer. I do not possess the knowledge nor skill to bring tangible help or a solution to the table, so I will pray. Prayer is the equalizer, the vehicle we all have access to to get us from point to point. It is in times like these that we as humans feel most helpless, but it is also the time when we must understand that our help comes from the Lord, the maker and creator of the universe, the redeemer of our souls. So I will pray and request God's intervening power in what others may view as impossible, yet VERY possible with God. I will look to the hills from whence cometh my help. Our help comes from the Lord.