Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. (Romans 12:9)
God cares about us. That doesn't ring true to many today. When one observes the lawlessness, the pedophilia, child trafficking, random shootings, drug abuse, starvation, warfare, the general hurting and brokenness so rampant about us, one could presume God doesn't care. But, if you'll look at each misfortune listed above and add many more of your own, I believe you'll find that God is not the initiator of any of them---people are. God placed us in a world that we have gravely misused. God is not responsible for the "bad-ness" in our world---we are.
God cares about us. That doesn't ring true to many today. When one observes the lawlessness, the pedophilia, child trafficking, random shootings, drug abuse, starvation, warfare, the general hurting and brokenness so rampant about us, one could presume God doesn't care. But, if you'll look at each misfortune listed above and add many more of your own, I believe you'll find that God is not the initiator of any of them---people are. God placed us in a world that we have gravely misused. God is not responsible for the "bad-ness" in our world---we are.
God did not kill helpless humans recently in Paris in terrorist madness. Nothing, for that matter, would indicate that He would even desire such evil activity. Yes, He allowed it. But, if we are to have free will, He must allow such. Could He have intervened and stopped it. Yes. But, He chose not to, and I don't claim to know why. This world, for the time being, is subject to the negative forces of Satan (go ahead, scoff at this reference, but know that human understanding of the spiritual world about us barely exists. Label me illogical, unscientific---okay; but don't brazenly and incorrectly label me stupid).
When Jan and I first moved to our rural home, I often, and sometimes still do, referred to it as God's Country. Serene and isolated. Two, three, four cars passed our house in a day---one of those was the mail deliverer. Things have changed: traffic has increased including people we don't even know! New homes and families nearby. We live a far piece, a far cry, from Paris. We feel so blessed in our still peaceful territory---our very blessed home! But, we do have more evil about us, as more people are here.
I'm sure many folks will always resent God's allowing bad things to happen in their lives. Many will interpret it as God's bad-ness. Many will choose to think of God as despicable, as the cause of their ill-fortune---and some will even tragically disavow my God as a result. So sorry for you! I, however, choose to focus on the many, many good things that God has heaped upon my life---the protection, the love, the comfort (none somehow personally deserved). I will insist that our life's evil activity is triggered by the evil within us humans.
So, my rambling ends again, God is good, always was and always will be. We are warped. I pray for His forgiveness and blessings upon you.
I'm sure many folks will always resent God's allowing bad things to happen in their lives. Many will interpret it as God's bad-ness. Many will choose to think of God as despicable, as the cause of their ill-fortune---and some will even tragically disavow my God as a result. So sorry for you! I, however, choose to focus on the many, many good things that God has heaped upon my life---the protection, the love, the comfort (none somehow personally deserved). I will insist that our life's evil activity is triggered by the evil within us humans.
So, my rambling ends again, God is good, always was and always will be. We are warped. I pray for His forgiveness and blessings upon you.
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