Tuesday, May 19, 2020

STRENGTH THROUGH EXPOSURE


STRENGTH THROUGH EXPOSURE (Why does God allow problems?)
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

  “If the Lord is with us . . . why has all this happened to us? (Judges 6:11-16)
  Gideon’s question to the angel expresses precisely how we feel at times. If God is love as declared in 1John 4:8, 16, why does he allow so many bad things?
  Central to the answer is God’s love. He loves us so much that beginning with Adam and Eve He did not make people puppets with Him manipulating the strings. It’s called free will. Or would you rather be an android or robot remotely controlled?
  In exercising free will I make good and bad decisions and commit good and bad deeds: Decisions and deeds that complicate or even adversely affect the lives of others and my own.
  Others being no different than me in the free will scene . . . some even exercising thoughtful godly love less than I do. Consequently, we live in chaotic olio.
  To help understand, consider parenthood biological or as matter of heart. How protective are you, to the point of fostering a fragile person in adult body? If you truly love, the answer is “No”, you allow reasonable exposure to life in desire for their maturation.
  God is love. His love includes freedom. Isolation is not love. Indeed free will is problematic. True love always is. 
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