Where Are You Lord?

'But do not overlook this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day
is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is
not slow to fulfill his promise as some count slowness, but is patient
toward you, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should
reach repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, and
then the heavens will pass away with a roar, and the heavenly bodies
will be burned up and dissolved, and the earth and the works that are
done on it will be exposed. '
2 Peter 3:8-10 ESV

You know, the one thing I hear most often from people when
I'm sharing the gospel, "if God exists then why is there so much
evil in the world? How could a loving God allow so much bad to
happen? That's a hard question to answer, because it takes in so
many factors, starting back at the garden when sin entered the
world and creation was broken. We are a broken creation, and
only through the blood of Christ can we find redemption. That
only answers part of the question. Really that answer creates
more questions. The answer is simply this, the bad things we
do to each other as a race, human to human, breaks God's heart.
That's why Jesus came, to fix our brokeness. The only reason he
is still allowing the pain of children being hurt, parents leaving
to soon because of cancer, husbands or wives being killed by
drunk drivers, whatever the situation that would cause you to
say, "why, where is God?" The only reason, is because in his
mercy, he isn't slowplaying but is using extreme patience, not
wishing that any should perish but that all would come to
repentance.

Have you been hurt so badly that you question the very
existance of a loving God? I wish I had the perfect words
to say that would confort you and restore your faith. I know
life isn't fair. People get hurt, people die. Life is messy, but
God is good all the time, even when we can't see it through
our pain.

Know this, he is coming! When he gets here, he will
restore everything. All that's been broken will be fixed.
He will wipe away every tear from our eyes. The down
side to this is he will get here when we least expect it, like
a thief in the night. Don't allow your pain and anger too
cause you not to be ready for his coming. He is delaying
to give you a chance to repent, to turn away from your sin,
ask him to forgive your sin. Give your pain and anger, your
confusion to him. Ask him to come and live in your heart
today, because tomorrow may be too late.

If you would like to know more about Jesus, click on one
of the church links on this page, any of them would be
happy to speak with you. If you don't do "church"s," contact
me directly; rlwhitener@gmail.com. Just need someone to
talk to or pray with, email me and I'll give you my contact
information.

Thanks for following along, may God richly bless you
and yours. Peace.