Passage of the Day - May 23, 2011

Ecclesiastes 7:14

¹⁴In the day of prosperity be happy,
         But in the day of adversity consider--
         God has made the one as well as the other
         So that man will not discover anything that will be after him.

The thought that God not only allows adversity, but actually makes adversity is a difficult concept to accept.  Why would God….  Oh that question is one that plagues all of Christendom.  I don’t know the answer, but I do know this, God is the Author of all things.  How many stories that have been written do not involve a conflict or struggle of some kind?  Isn’t every struggle helped us to become stronger?  What ever doesn’t kill us (and bring us to paradise) only makes us stronger, right?  Perhaps our questions shouldn’t be “Why would a good God do a, b, or c”, but rather why would a person of faith question and reject God at the first sign of trouble and yet will push themselves on the treadmill, stay late at work during the busy season, or love their kids even during meltdowns?

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