This morning we\u2019re going to build on a writing from before. It\u2019s very fitting for what we have been talking about lately. With the struggles that serveral people that we know have been going through. It also goes hand-in-hand with a part of a movie that Barbara and I watched recently. In essence, people wonder why is it that God allows bad things to happen to good people. People wonder if he is in control, then why is it disasters take place. Tsunamis, earthquakes, hurricanes, etc. Types of disasters that kill thousands upon thousands of people. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
These are real thoughts people have. They are questions people have for God. And I bet if we\u2019re honest, they are questions many of us have ACTUALLY asked God. Why this? Why that? It\u2019s human nature to want to know why. I remember when the tornado hit Joplin, I was interviewing people who had been in the middle of it. One of them was a manager of a local store. Had people around him die. Another guy I interviewed lost his son. They were together on their way home from his son\u2019s high school graduation. The young man was literally pulled out of the driver\u2019s seat and died. During the interviews, I asked both of these individuals, \u201cWhere was God during the storm?\u201d Their answers amazed me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The store manager told me that it\u2019s not our place to question that. Questioning death is not for us to do. God\u2018s plan will be revealed. If anything, he said it made him closer to God. One reason was he believed that he needed to seek God more often. Another reason was because, hundreds around him survived. The father\u2019s answer was even more amazing. He told me that God was there and allowed him to hand his son over to him. Read that again! He allowed him to hand his son over to him. Very powerful. I have been asked, \u201cIf God is such a loving God, why did he paralyze you? Why hasn\u2019t he healed you? Why does he let you struggle each day being paralyzed?\u201d My answer is simple. \u201cHe didn\u2019t paralyze me. I did. He kept me alive. Because he uses me daily in this chair, more than he would have out of it.\u201d It\u2019s in these questioning times that we have to stand on what the truth is about God. And let\u2019s remember this as well. God loves us. He always has. He always will.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
This morning we\u2019re going to build on a writing from before. It\u2019s very fitting for what we have been talking about lately. With the struggles that serveral people that we know have been going through. It also goes hand-in-hand with a part of a movie that Barbara and I watched recently. In essence, people wonder … <\/p>\n