This reminds me of the example that I heard of before when 9
miners were saved while 9 died, with a christian holding up the
sign "9 for 9", yet in another incident, 1 miner was saved out of
13, yet no one held up a card saying "why 1 for 13?"
Perhaps the explanation that we cannot fathom god's ways might
apply, so then why do we give thanks for "blessings"? It seems to
be a clear willingness to accept fortune as something planned by
god, but cast away misfortune as something else.
This reminds
me of the example that I heard of before when 9 miners were saved
while 9 died, with a christian holding up the sign "9 for 9", yet
in another incident, 1 miner was saved out of 13, yet no one held
up a card saying "why 1 for 13?"
Christ's sacrifice on the cross?
Perhaps the
explanation that we cannot fathom god's ways might apply, so then
why do we give thanks for "blessings"? It seems to be a clear
willingness to accept fortune as something planned by god, but cast
away misfortune as something else.
Exodus 4:11, "Then the Lord said to him, “Who has
made man's mouth? Who makes him mute, or deaf, or seeing, or blind?
Is it not I, the Lord?"
Isaiah 45:7, "I
form light and create darkness, I
make well-being and create calamity, I
am the Lord, who does all these
things."
Lamentations 3:37-38, "Who
has spoken and it came to pass, unless the Lord
has commanded it? Is
it not from the mouth of the Most High that
good and bad come?"
The Christians who do that need to contend with these
verses.