>Maybe its the age I'm at but people keep dying and kids keep getting sick, >and children being abused, neglected and killed, that if there was some sort >of force that gave a shit about us, these things wouldn't happen.
Not sure such theological questions are something I want to really get completely into right now... ;-) But suffice to say that while it's hard for us to completely know God's plan, there are two things I do know. 1. Much evil happens in the world because God gave us free will. He does not control our lives to the extent that it is taken away from us. That unfortunately does mean that bad people are out there doing bad things. And 2. When bad things happen to us, it allows us to then minister to others in a way that we might not otherwise be able to. Even people that are not Christian do this naturally, they share their own experiences when they see someone else that is hurting and struggling, to help them through it. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:266021 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
