Writer in the Woods

How many times have we planned something way in advance? We dotted I’s and crossed T’s. Now, how many of those times did all our plans crash and burn? The frustration is immense, especially when we believe we factored every uncertainty. We time family trips only to have the flights delayed. Or our luggage shipped to a state on the farthest side of the country. It seems that bad things happen right on cue. Who is to blame? Ourselves? No. We can never plan for the uncertainties of life. It is simply impossible. No matter how many hours we spend with time tables, map charting, contingency lists, nothing will prepare us for every variable. So the question still remains, who is to blame? God? No. Understand that God does not make bad things happen. He does not smite people. He does not plague them with sickness just for sins. He does not do these things because He is love incarnate. However, he does allow bad things to happen. For if He didn’t, Earth would be perfect. It would be Heaven. But that is not the case. Earth will never be Heaven, because Heaven is Heaven. So we must not blame God for our woes. As much as we wish to do so when we see a child stricken with cancer at such a young age. Or if we see criminals run free after committing heinous acts. God is the only certainty in life. When all fails around us: society, justice, doctors, etc., we must not judge God. We must not hate God. Understand, my friends, that God is just as upset as we are at such atrocities. He is saddened at the slaughter of innocents and innocence. Remember He is here to comfort us in such dark times. He is the shoulder to lean on. Show Him the love He shows you. I encourage us, challenge us, to embrace each other in comforting love rather than shout and blame. Take that to heart, my friends, and we shall see true unity in the world.