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ABOUT OKLAHOMA

5/23/2013

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In the recent tornado devastation in Oklahoma people are asking: Why did God allow this?  It’s a difficult question. An age-old question.

 I have no good ready answer. I do know that the rain falls on all on us--the good and evil alike. I know that God is just. He's also merciful.

 So, in the Oklahoma case, was He just or merciful?

Perhaps He was both just and merciful. I think that in heaven right now there is mourning over the many lives lost and rejoicing over glorious homecomings.

 We see so little of the whole of reality that we sometime become like the toddler asking incessant "Why, Mommy?" questions. And, like that toddler, we're never satisfied by the answers.

    Maybe the best answer for now is: God is sovereign; trust Him.

    But that's hard. Very hard. 


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