Are you standing on the words of the Founding Fathers or the Firm Foundation? Some thoughts on dealing with tragedy in your life…
Why?
It is the single word ground into the bloody soil of every battlefield in the world.
It is buried in the rubble of every civilization, state, and neighborhood that has been devastated by a natural disaster.
It lies in the ashes of the burned-up dreams of a family that just lost everything.
It can be heard in quiet, night-time sobbing of a little girl whose mother just succumbed to cancer.
It resonates in the screams of a father as he buries his son.
It is the shortest, most-asked, and
least-answered question in the English language.
Why?
You’ve heard it asked thousands of times, and while there are sometimes physical reasons that events happen in our lives, reasons – even good reasons – don’t answer why.
Or, to be more specific…
Why did God allow this to happen?
Whether you are just wondering, have gone through something that you…
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