ICHO,
First and foremost lets get one thing straight. GOD is GOD. He does
not or ever will need your permission to do anything. If there is
suffering out there, it only serves to amplify the Godless society
that we live in today. The suffering out there is caused by man not
GOD. We all have free choice and we are all accountable for our
actions, also the bible says that the Lord will visit the sin of
the fathers to the fourth generation... while we are not
responsible for what our ancestors have done, the effects of what
they have done will be felt. God does say many times in the bible
that the penalty for sin is death and suffering. What part of that
did you not understand? We live in a sinful society, so therefore,
we will see the punishment for sin. God is not just a God of love,
but of justice and righteousness. He cannot stand sin, that is why
Yahshua had to die for us, so that when God saw us, He saw the
righteousness of Yahshua Hamashia!
What makes you more special than so many people who have gone
before you? You most certainly do not have the market on suffering.
Whilst GOD does love you, may be He is allowing you to go through
trial and tribulation to teach and train you. GOD is not so much
concerned with our tranquility than our STABILITY in Him. Sometimes
GOD will permit in His wisdom what He could have prevented in His
power.
Look at Job, can you honestly say that you have gone through more
than Him? God allowed Job to go through all that just because
hasatan asked. Have you lost all your family in one go? All your
material wealth? All your friends? Even his body was covered in
boils and sores.. of the worst kind! Yet even though his wife said
to him, curse God and die, Job did not. All he said was "the LORD
giveth and the Lord taketh away, blessed be the name of the LORD."
And Job also went on to say in chapter 13, "though He slay me, yet
I will still praise HIM." Now here is a man of faith in God.
There was recently a story of a man who was rendered a quadraplegic
because of an incurable disease to his limbs, they had to amputate
all of his limbs to save his life, yet he fought on, he now has
learnt to walk with artificial legs and he uses artificial limbs to
help him do things. I would say this guy had it pretty hard don't
you?
The bible also tells us, God works for the good of those who love
Him, but it is HIS way and not our way. I think you just have to BE
STILL AND KNOW THAT YAHWEH IS YAHWEH!
