The question "Why does a 'loving' God, if He is so merciful, allow things like the shooting in Aurora, Colorado to happen if He can stop it?" is one that many are asking. There is nothing I can add to the blog I just read from a lady and her 2 daughters who were in the theater at the time of the shooting. It says it all:
/http://aminiatureclaypot.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/so-you-still-think-god-is-a-merciful-god/
Absolutely beautiful testimony she has! I remember after 9/11, everyone asked the same question: where was God? As one friend of mine (and several others, I'm sure) put it, God was in the hundreds that didn't get killed that day. He was with the men who kept Flight 93 from crashing into other buildings. He was with the friends and families who surrounded those who lost loved ones that day. Same with Aurora. The blogger puts it succinctly: "God is good all the time. Man is not. Don't confuse the two." Thanks for sharing her article!
ReplyDeleteI don't remember where, but I heard this somewhere and I think it applies: "God lets the bad things happen as a testimony to the lost." And after reading this, I think that this link is a good example.
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