Musings on the Tough Life Questions

  Question: "Why Doesn't God Intervene and Stop suffering?" [Including Coronavirus] A worldwide virus is unleashed upon nations and kills many, even the elderly, men, women, fathers, mothers and some children. Why? Answer 1: A. God did it because he is sovereign and He wants to judge the world. B. Satan did it because he hates people, and he kills and destroys. C. It was either man made or just a result of mutation of an organism, where no one person is responsible. Which is true? ----------------------------------------------------- The answer is C. People have the wrong impression of "God is in Control" My Question is: Does the Sovereignty of God, or God is In Control means that he is sitting around pulling our strings or allowing us to do what we do? Is God pulling the strings and directing the events that happened in the world, good or bad? Answer: Neither “God intercedes wherever he wishes..................but he does not pull every string” He does not si...

   <Too long to read? Here is the Tldr > God:  I have established that I can do good and evil, form light and create darkness, injure and heal, bring about calamity and restoration, but having all crisis resolve itself in me (and I know I have not yet told you how).  Why do you have still this confused look on your face? Man: I just want to know why don't You just stop evil when it happens, why don't You stop rapes, killings in it's tracks.  It seems that you never do that.  Look at happened at Aurora, Colorado , several years ago, for example  I am sure you could have stopped James Holmes in his tracks before he killed all those people in the movie theatre.  Have you ever stopped a crime from happening, before hand?  God:  Yes I have.  Haven't you read about Abimelech, whom you would consider a heather, where I stopped him from sleeping with Abraham's wife? I took credit for that [Gen 20:6].  I appeared to Him in ...

<Too long to read? Here is the tldr > Note this was written fours years ago, right after the Aurora, Colorado Tragedy... Man: So God why do you allow violence, suffering, disasters and crisis? Enough is Enough. Could you not have stopped what happened at Aurora, Colorado? Could you not have stopped the massacre before it happened? Why allow this senseless killing? Where were you? God: I appreciate your questions, and your search for answers especially in this time of grief. There is no disaster that occurs that I am not aware of . I am intimately aware of the invisible threads of actions and inactions, thoughts and motives that have lead to this. I am painfully aware of the all the death, carnage, and tragic effects on all the victims, their families and on the nation as a whole. When a lion roars in hunger and kills to be fed, don’t I know about it? When a disaster strikes a city don’t I know about it. I not only know about it but indeed I ...

How would you answer this real life Job? "I'm sorry, but I have to rant a bit. I have no other appropriate outlet to do this but this forum of people who will (hopefully) understand somewhat. Last week, my uncle and his family were vacationing in Hawaii. While swimming in the ocean, a large wave crashed over him, knocked him to the ocean floor, and broke his neck. Thankfully, his son was able to rescue him, and he is now hospitalized, in very serious condition. My uncle isn't well-off (this trip was a real treat for them), works in construction, and will likely never be able to work again. We've discussed on this forum the issues of theodicy and God's sovereignty and control before. They're difficult issues with no real resolution. But this week I came across a prayer inspired by Mark 4. "Even the wind and waves obey You, O God." As I read this, I confess that I thought to myself, WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP. I will not, I CANNOT pray this. This is the entire...