SIMPLICTY DEVOURS--

Saturday, April 7

2:19 AM

Why do bad things happen to good people? That question is forever repeated because it is a timeless question.

It is usually at that point that we cry out to God. We ask that He show Himself. We ask that He comfort us and we ask that He not abandon us.

Of course, we never make those requests when things are going well. Often, we regard our most fulfilling awareness and ?intimate? exchanges with God as a result of seeing great beauty and natural wonder. That of course, makes ?seeing? God a very easy proposition.

It is at those times we see the real beauty of those who we love and those who love us. It is at those times that we come to understand the kind of love that is real commitment and loyalty.

God no more abandons us in our pain anymore than we abandon our loved ones in their pain and suffering.

Pain, fear and suffering are all a part of what it means to be a part of God?s creation.

In our times of pain, suffering and loss, God is not abandoning us. In fact, He is closer to us than ever, because pain and loss are the other side of the Creation coin. In the same way God oversaw Creation, He oversees loss.

We cannot claim to know God until we have experienced real fear, pain, loss and suffering.

We do not need to cry out to God when we are in pain or when we are suffering. God is already there, wanting us to grow into our fullest potential as Creation intended.

We are not always meant to understand the Godly ?why?s ? of all pain, suffering, tragedies and even great loss.

Sometimes we are meant only to cry, to hurt and suffer despair.

Sometimes, those are the lessons that we must learn- and how to make the most of life for ourselves and to be an example to others.

from http://sigmundcarlandalfred.wordpress.com/2007/03/13/of-burning-bushes-places-and-time/

Never thought of things this way, but it is really through. I know God will see me through.