Good grief, I root for people. So many, regardless of race, gender, or social level, struggle day after day. Misery seems compounded for some. Anger. Bitterness. Sheer loneliness. Troubles abound.
Where is God?
Where is God?
Does He not care? Is He not supposed to be the One who makes everything work out better?
Yes, He does care. That His Son was executed in one of the world's most torturous styles is one of the strongest signals that He cares.
No, God is not supposed to make everything work out the way we wish. Again, He didn't do it for Jesus and He doesn't do it for us.
So? What good is it to believe in God?
When we learn that He does not just transform life from loss to victory; but that God transformed loss into meaningful power, we are then onto something most valuable. God's followers suffer. We are called to do so; to take up our crosses and follow Him; all for the benefit of others.
Man's problem with religion is we have entered believing that now we will discover the Midas touch. And then when things don't go the way we had hoped, we blame God for being unfaithful to His promises.
Life with God does not mean everything goes my way. It does not mean that Christianity is a walk in a rose garden. It means struggle, frustration; even irritation. And what it also means is that we yield our own will that others may become blessed.
Jesus died that we might live. We die for others--take our insults and our persecutions--so that some with such frustrations can have genuine hope....just like we have.
What good does it do to believe in God? He doesn't give us painless lives. Rather, He makes our hard times useful that others would be blessed.
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