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Where Was God?

When tragedy strikes, are you prone to ask, Where was God? I have heard this question raised and maybe you have too. May I kindly suggest that when the storms of life are raging and bad things happen to us or to those whom we know, God was/is in the same place He was when......

• Adam and Eve sinned in paradise, separating themselves from God, destroying their innocence, and plunging the world into imperfection and randomness.
• King David murdered Uriah. A deliberate sin which destroyed the happiness of at least two homes.
• Jezebel had Naboth murdered. A deliberate act that destroyed life and happiness.
• Jeremiah was cast into a dungeon..
• Herod killed the boy babies, two and under in Judea.
• Another Herod beheaded John the Baptist. The life of a valiant preacher was taken.
• Still another Herod had James, the brother of John, beheaded.
• The Jews stoned Stephen, laying their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul.
• The apostle Paul was stone and left for dead.
• His own Son, Jesus Christ, was crucified.

Where was God when all these things happened? He was in heaven where He has been since the beginning. Why do they happen? God made us “people of choice.” We choose to do either good or evil and suffer the consequence. There are laws of nature and when they are violated, we suffer.

Would you lock your children in a cage so they could not harm themselves or others? If you did, would not the law of the land arrest you?

What we need to do is follow the law of God and pray, leaning upon the providential care of the eternal one. Study Carefully. - Glenn Melton

Notice: The "Church Origins" article from the front page of the print version can be found on page 6 of this website publication. This will keep the page naming scheme uniform making my job easier. :-) - Dan

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