Recently, a friend asked me "Why God allows suffering, poverty & why some people are born in a better condition than others?"
Actually, I do not know the answer myself. I, too, asked God why people, especially closed ones, have to suffer? Isnt it painful seeing His beloved Children suffer?
And many times these questions leave us doubting who God is...
However, I was enlightened through a real life story of a woman sharing on a Christian radio channel.
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The woman suffered loss of her sister & almost her own daughter. One day the doctor told her that her young daughter would not be able to make it... She was all heartbroken & ran out of the room.
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While her husband was comforting her, he "boldly" asked "whose daughther is she?". The woman answered "it's my daughter!". The husband asked again, "whose daughter is she?" & the woman answered "is my daughter!". It continued on and finally, the woman surrendered & said "she belongs to God". From that very moment she felt a relief...
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On their way back to the room she met a nurse and she was given a bible and told her that she wants her daughter to have the bible.......... (story shortened).... When they met up with the doctor, to their surprise, the doctor said that her daughter is healed and all well....
It was a MiRaCle...
At the end of the sharing, the woman said a line that strucked me deeply, which goes something like this... (with modification)
"Our love & trust in God does not depend on what He has or has Not done, but depends on Who God is, on His Characters, on His attributes!"
Just for the fact that He is God & not about what He has or has not done!
In deed, Christian walk is all about knowing who God is = a Relationship!
Isaiah 59:1 Surely the arm of the Lord is not too short to save, nor His ear too dull to hear.
Isaiah 40:28 Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and His understanding no one can fathom.
Oh man, I hope it's not too late to share this with the friend... =)
1 Peter 3:15 But in your hearts set apart Christ as Lord. Always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have. But do this with gentleness and respect.
After four times to Sydney, the excitement was not as intense as the first two times!
Highlight of the trip was visitation to Hillsong!!
