Why God?

WHY GOD?

          I have tried to be a Christian all my life, and as a believer, it always amazes me when people waste their time asking “Why?” and blaming God for a tragedy or sudden death.  This is an unanswerable and inappropriate question. 

There are at least two scriptures that should give us great comfort at these times:

1 John 4:8 (NIV)

⁸ Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love.

            God created us out of love.   He nurtures us out of love.    He will welcome us to His eternal home out of love.   The God that I know, would never, never, never, will a disaster such as Hurricane Sandy or the tragic deaths that have occurred in Newtown, Connecticut and in other places and times. 

            God is pure love and therefore, God cares about all those who lose their lives, no matter the circumstances.  God gave his human creation free will, the ability to reason and make their own decisions.   God gave us the ability to reason whether or not we wish to be Christians.  God’s will is for our good, so we could better spend time asking these questions for which there are reasonable answers:

“Why do we eat too much?”  

“Why do we buy cars that will go 200 mph when we know the speed limit is 80 mph?”  

“Why do we smoke when we know it may kill us?”  

“Although I am a hunter and enjoy the use of hunting weapons, or the ability to protect myself, why should I as an ordinary citizen be allowed to own automatic weapons that will shoot more than five or six shells at a time?” 

Why do we waste time asking ‘Why?’ to unanswerable questions when we could spend that same energy trying to solve problems with reason and loving others unconditionally?”

God is love.   So leave God out of the blame and guilt equations in tragic situations.   God creates, loves, hears prayer, provides healing, extends grace, and gives us everlasting life.    That’s all that God does.  Right now, God has taken care of all those involved, victims and perpetrator, and they know no pain or suffering, only light and perpetual love.

Often times, I have been told that John 3: 16 is the most important verse in the Holy Bible: 

John 3:16 (NIV) 

¹⁶ For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life.

This was the first Bible verse my mother taught me as a child.  Without doubt, that scripture is important, but using my prerogative for free will, I believe the verse that follows, John 3: 17, is equally important:

John 3:17 (NIV)

¹⁷ For God did not send his Son into the world to condemn the world, but to save the world through Him.

            Friends, if you believe in God and want to have a pleasant and useful life, don’t waste your time condemning.  God doesn’t.  Make your life a living example of loving and forgiving and finding productive solutions for your problems, for those of others, and for our world, solutions that will allow us to believe:  “God is love.” 

             My love and prayers go out to all those in need wherever they may be.