Fw: Bad Things/Good People2

[Guest guest]

Dear Crew I have sat here for days reading your messages on Religion Prayer

and so froth I tried not to post because to each his own I know.... but Lord

I began to get worried about some ....So when I received this message from

my bro I thought it was A perfect way to express myself and how I feel to

the crew so here is just my two cents worth ..... Lois

Bad Things/Good People2

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> > Bad Things/Good People2

> > " He causes his sun to rise on the evil and the good. and sends rain on

the

> > righteous and the Unrighteous "

> > 5:45

> >

> > In our continuing series on " Why Bad things happen to good people " , I

> would

> > like to expound upon this passage by telling you a true story. About

> seven

> > years ago, one of the best friends that I have ever had was killed two

> days

> > before Christmas by a drunk driver. He was a hard-working,church-going,

> > father of three girls and one new grandbaby. The driver of the car was

> > released without so much as a slap on the wrist! At the same time, I

was

> > counseling a man that had a very checkered past. This person was

> currently

> > on cocaine, had financially devastated his family, was a wife beater and

> had

> > gotten the 15 year old Babysitter pregnant. While I tried to reason

with

> > him, all I heard was how it was all someone else's fault and how he was

> the

> > victim!

> >

> > Upon hearing of my friends death, I entered a time of asking the

question

> > posed in this devotion " Why? Why do you(God) take the lives of " good "

> people

> > and allow people like that to exist? " I was mad, hurt and in desperate

> need

> > of answers. I went on a prayer fast to find the answer to this

seemingly

> > unjust action by God! The answer that came was more than I had

expected!

> >

> > God revealed to me several things. First, that if He allowed only good

> > things to happen to good people, then people would follow him simply

> because

> > it was profitable! Rather than love God for who he is and for sending

his

> > son to die for us, we would follow him for what he could give us! Kind

of

> > like being friends with the richest kid in school.

> > Second, His love is impartial! He loves all of humanity unconditionally

> and

> > does not judge us on the basis of our own righteousness! I heard him

ask

> me

> > " do you want me to love you on the basis of YOUR behavior? " I stood

there

> > embarrassed at my anger. Next, he asked me, " Lyndon, you have two sons,

> > which one would you choose to die? Which one of your children behaves

good

> > enough to deserve to live? " I was even more embarrassed! You see, when

I

> > was confronted with the unconditional love of God, it all made sense to

> me.

> > Finally, He reminded me that the day of reckoning is yet to come. On

that

> > day of judgment, all will be set straight; but until that day, I have to

> > trust his unconditional love.

> >

> > I still do not know why certain things happen in this world, but I do

know

> > this-If I were to be judged by the same judgment that I was judging

that

> > man by, I would have fallen short also! I am so thankful for God's

> > unconditional love!

> >

> > I pray that this helps us all to understand.

> >

> > Pastor Lyndon

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