Thoughts on Trouble and Suffering
I was reading through one of my daily devotions the other day, and the topic was trouble. At the same time, the Thursday night small group that I attend is reading through an excellent book called "Hope in the Dark," which deals with the issue of remembering that God is good in the midst of trouble. Right now, we are experiencing a pandemic that I would call trouble. Because this has been on my mind, I wanted to share some thoughts on trouble with you. First, all of us are going to experience trouble at some point in our lives. We cannot escape this. The reason why we will all experience trouble is because we live in a fallen world. The natural result of the Fall is that we will experience trouble in this life. In addition, sometimes, people choose to do sinful and evil things. They may choose to assault or otherwise hurt someone else. They may choose to steal and destroy or otherwise deprive others. Sometimes people choose not to love their neighbors as themselves. ...