Daddy, Do you love me?

I think those words rocked me worse than getting blindsided on the kickoff team when I played football. The question came out of the blue, completely unexpected, and from the lips of my daughter. She and I were riding in the car on the way home from ice cream after a trip to the doctor. The ice cream was her consolation for the 3 shots she had recieved in her little arms. I had held her as she got these shots she did not want, but were necessary for her to have as she was starting gradeschool in less than a week.
She had not been completely informed of why we were going to the dr, and that was by design. She had recieved shots before and it had become quite an ordeal. The mere sight of a needle sent her into great emotional distress and and she fought against this necessary evil with all her might. To say it was a difficult experience for all involved was an understatement.
The experience had made room in her mind for "the question". If I truly loved her why would I allow a complete stranger to jab needles in her arm, and hold her down, against her will while he committed such atrocities!
I seem to have come across this question alot lately with christians. The reasons vary, but somehow, in the state they are in this once unquestionable truth has been undermined by "lifes happenings'. I think questioning is a healthy trait, and actually helps to move us along in our belief patterns, but only to a point. I can question almost anything if I want to. I can question if the sky is blue, and completely rationalize it away given enough time and effort. But as I remove even the most basics of truth from my life.....is that a good thing. Imagine what would happen to a child if they decided to go through their life deciding their daddy doesnt love them. And here is the deal....dad can do anything and everything to try and show he loves his child, but the ultimate acceptance of that is up to the child, hence freewill. It must be difficult being a christian and not being sure hat God loves you, or answers prayer, or His plans for you are good, or all things work together for good to them that love Him , etc etc.
We have an adversary who loves us to question even the most basic of truths. Its like getting his foot in the doorway. "Did God really say........". And if we question His word, which He says is true, inspired by the Holy Spirit, in one area because what we see doesnt seem to match up with what He says.....where does it end? God tells us we are supposed to go on faith... not what we see. He tells us to believe what He has told us....and believe all of it, not just what is comfortable for us.
Ive noticed another thing....when the bible comes into question there seems to come a flurry of new books to be read. Many of the authors of these books have had "questions" too and in their "higher learning" they have come up with "new truths" that dispel God's truth. Articulate, well written lofty worded books that basically state the very foundations of who God is, His character and love for us is all called to question.
I dont need to tell you how much my daughters question hurt me. I thought with all she had seen and been with me that question would never have entered her mind. But life doesnt always happen the way we think it should, and things dont always go our way (often the results of our own choices), so why does that make God questionable? And is all questioning really a good thing?