Disgusted

I really am with the school shooting. It makes me sick. How can we live in a world that has that happen? What can we do to prevent it? What is the world coming to? How many more must die?

All of those questions make me sick too. They are not answerable. I do want God to stop it. Stop the killing, the abuse, the violence. Stop it. I know though that He will not. He chooses to not stop it. So I have to make a choice. Is this a loving God who will not stop the violence? Is this a God who cares about school girls. What is his point of view here?

Well, as my good friend Bart Garrett would say, "He does not have a point of view, He has view" He sees it all, from end to end and He ordains, decrees and providentially moves. His plan is perfect and He will be glorified and that is the best.

So I need to stand silent before Him and then "step out" and see that eternity is a long time and the few days we have here really are like a vapor, if you live to 16 or 60. The pain we have here is nothing compared to the inexpressible joy we will experience. One day not see through a glass dimly. We will see Him and He will wipe away the tears. So I am called to worship well; to worship Him because He is love, and truth and hope. That is what the faith that has been pressed into me convinces me of.

And I grieve.