Good & Evil

I recently made a comment on a friend from work's Facebook status and it led myself to thinking about my beliefs in good and evil. It all started with a sad patient story from last week when we received as a patient a grandmother who was admitted for chest pain after learning that her 20 something granddaughter had a massive hemorrhagic stroke and that she was most likely not going to survive. This was an extremely sad story and my friend posted on Facebook that her heart went out to this family, but that she knew God was present and has a plan for them. One of her non-Christian friends commented on it saying this

God has a plan for everyone huh??? so do those ppl instinctively just follow that "GOD given plan" or do some just get screwed outta theres because I don't think any of GOD'S plans would involve a 9 year old girl being beaten to death by a 15 year old girl and yes that happened right here in the good ol'e midwest, yours truly....Missouri. I also ... Read Moredon't think the ALMIGHTY GOD would plan for thousands of ppl to starve to death on a daily basis and be raped and murdered, but hey..what do I know, it's GOD'S plan, right?? I think you all give GOD entirely TOO much credit...why?? I wish I knew..maybe religion was crammed down your throat as a child, or maybe your just scared to actually think about living in a world without a GOD to save you from all that is evil, me personally....I don't believe in or deny GOD'S existence, but sometimes I think most of you do just in case he/she does exist, you'll think you be getting a free pass because you "believed in GOD your whole life!"

This comment made me sad that people are lost like this and re-examine my own thoughts. I even commented back and expressed my beliefs, which is a kind of big thing for me because I tend to be quiet in my faith and unfortunately find it incredibly scary to just talk about with strangers or even those I don't know all that well. So I thought I'd share my insight into my ow beliefs.

I know that terrible things happen in the world, but I don't believe that the God of love that I follow and serve would want those to happen to His children. I believe that the awful things that happen in this world are the work of satan and evil in the world, like cancer, rape, murder, etc. I know that those have to be the work of satan to try and break us from God and lead us away from Him. Just like I believe that satan works in people if they are weak enough to allow him into their lives, as I think my aunt has and it saddens me. But I know God works through those situations to strengthen us and give us comfort if we trust in Him and believe that He is strong enough to make it better...does that always mean a cure to the problem...no. Do I understand why...no. But I know that God is in control and that no matter what life throws our way, that He is there to pick us up and carry our burdens for us. If life were easy, we would have no need for God, and many people still go through life thinking that they don't need Him. But I know I do. Without Him I would be lost, feeling alone and inadequate and dead in my sins, but with Him I can face anything...I just have to remember to act out that knowledge and trust God EVERYDAY!