As children can only reason against adults within their own limited perceptions and paradigms of reasoning, so do the children of God with their Father. But beyond this; as a dog is to a man, so is a man to God. Jeremiah questioned God's ways, but in an effort to understand more deeply a God whom he accepted to be ultimately right:
Kama watoto wanaweza kuwa na akili ya kuwafahamu watu wazima kwa upeo wao wa kuona na mfano wa kufikiri, ndivyo ilivyo mtu kwa Mungu. Yeremia alihoji njia ya Mungu, lakini katika juhudi kumfahamu kwa kina zaidi Mungu ndipo mwisho alikubali kuwa Mungu yupo sawa: "Wewe u mwenye haki, Ee BWANA, nitetapo nawe, lakini nitasema nawe katika habari ya haki (Yer 12:1; linganisha Zab 89:19,34,49,52).