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Posted by rayww on July 30, 2005, at 12:14:28
Why do bad things happen to good people? I heard this yesterday and it made sense to me.
"If pain and sorrow and total punishment immediately followed the doing of evil, no soul would repeat a misdeed. If joy and peace and rewards were instantaneously given the doer of good, there could be no evil—all would do good and not because of the rightness of doing good. There would be no test of strength, no development of character, no growth of powers, no free agency. . . ."
The question that follows, is naturally "why" does it matter if I develop character and test my strength, if I'm just going to die and end it all eventually? There has to be more purpose to life than that.
I know that God lives and sustains us through life, whether we are suffering or doing well. He has purpose in our living, and believes in us....meaning He believes we can all do better. But, he allows us to choose for ourselves.
I wish we knew just how much he has done for us, and continues to do. We generally have no concept of that.
Posted by spriggy on July 30, 2005, at 18:24:31
In reply to Why?, posted by rayww on July 30, 2005, at 12:14:28
very true!
I love God with all my heart but I can say honestly, that loving Him and following Him has not meant an easy, pain free life for me.
I have had some very tough things come my way.
I have dealt with having abusive parent's, a father with a drug addiction, a mother who has never really enjoyed me or loved me, sexual molestation by an uncle for years, rape, having a child at age 16 and being abandoned by his father, being mistreated by the "church", having an autistic son, financial troubles,etc..
And yet, NONE of that has changed the fact that God is good. I figured out (after ranting and raving about "WHY"), that the difficult things we face... no matter how painful do not change the core of God's being. He is still good, He is still faithful, and He does love us.
Following Him does not mean we will not face tragedy and hardship- it only means we will have His hand and direction as we face those things'.
it's hard to accept sometimes but life just is not fair... but regardless, I am a big believer that God is GOOD.
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