Comments on: Why Does God Let Bad Things Happen? http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/ Life through the eyes of a psychologist. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 11:41:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Kim http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-333 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 16:31:42 +0000 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-333 Thanks for your comment and I guess I agree that, in some cases, God does permit bad things to happen so He can fix them or bring good things out of them. In 2005 I was attacked in my own home by five young people. I am glad God permitted that to happen as I gained the most important knowledge about myself I could ever have from that experience. I refuse to believe God permits all the bad things that happen to occur without making any effort to prevent them though. As a parent I will stand by and watch my child stumble as he learns to walk. I will let him fall and I will pick him up and comfort him after he falls but I would never stand by and watch him fall down a cliff to his death! I would never permit someone to attack, rape, or murder him without trying to prevent it and I simply don't believe I am a better, more caring parent than God. There was no glory for God to gain from permitting the little girl in my entry to be raped and murdered. There was nothing she could learn from being murdered in such a horrible fashion. I couldn't worship a God who would permit such a thing to happen and I don't believe He did. I believe He tried to stop it from happening.  He is the perfect parent and no parent would stand by and let certain things happen to their child.  I don't think God stands by and lets these things happen to his children either.  I think, as I explained in the entry, He tries to stop this sort of thing from happening. Cheers - Kim Thanks for your comment and I guess I agree that, in some cases, God does permit bad things to happen so He can fix them or bring good things out of them.

In 2005 I was attacked in my own home by five young people. I am glad God permitted that to happen as I gained the most important knowledge about myself I could ever have from that experience.

I refuse to believe God permits all the bad things that happen to occur without making any effort to prevent them though.

As a parent I will stand by and watch my child stumble as he learns to walk. I will let him fall and I will pick him up and comfort him after he falls but I would never stand by and watch him fall down a cliff to his death!

I would never permit someone to attack, rape, or murder him without trying to prevent it and I simply don’t believe I am a better, more caring parent than God.

There was no glory for God to gain from permitting the little girl in my entry to be raped and murdered. There was nothing she could learn from being murdered in such a horrible fashion.

I couldn’t worship a God who would permit such a thing to happen and I don’t believe He did. I believe He tried to stop it from happening.  He is the perfect parent and no parent would stand by and let certain things happen to their child.  I don’t think God stands by and lets these things happen to his children either.  I think, as I explained in the entry, He tries to stop this sort of thing from happening.
Cheers - Kim

]]> by: thisguy95 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-332 Sun, 27 Jul 2008 01:57:38 +0000 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-332 I have something to add to this article, in John 9: 2-3 is says "2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him." To me, this suggests that God let's bad things happen, so he can FIX THEM! He lets us get sick, so we can be healed! God promised us, no matter what, he would be here for us. Think back to when you were 3 or 4. And Mommy, or Daddy is walking beside you. Does this mean you can't stumble? NO! But they'll be there to pick you up after. God is beside us. And he may watch us stumble, but he'll pick us up, too! I am only a young teenager, but I delivered a message in my church about the subject, remember this next time you are hurt and ask this question. Also, if a time comes and God doesn't heal someone and they slip away, don't ask, "where was he!?" Because he is in the same place he was when his Son was killed. God is Love! In Peace I have something to add to this article, in John 9: 2-3 is says “2His disciples asked him, ‘Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?’ 3Jesus answered, ‘Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him.” To me, this suggests that God let’s bad things happen, so he can FIX THEM! He lets us get sick, so we can be healed!

God promised us, no matter what, he would be here for us. Think back to when you were 3 or 4. And Mommy, or Daddy is walking beside you. Does this mean you can’t stumble? NO! But they’ll be there to pick you up after. God is beside us. And he may watch us stumble, but he’ll pick us up, too!

I am only a young teenager, but I delivered a message in my church about the subject, remember this next time you are hurt and ask this question. Also, if a time comes and God doesn’t heal someone and they slip away, don’t ask, “where was he!?” Because he is in the same place he was when his Son was killed.

God is Love!
In Peace

]]> by: Kim http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-296 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 10:49:45 +0000 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-296 Hi Proud, Thank you for telling me your thoughts on this entry - I am so glad it helped you the way it helped me but you need to know one thing. God loves YOU every bit as much as he loved that little girl and he is with YOU in your times of trouble too. Cheers - Kim Hi Proud,

Thank you for telling me your thoughts on this entry - I am so glad it helped you the way it helped me but you need to know one thing.

God loves YOU every bit as much as he loved that little girl and he is with YOU in your times of trouble too.

Cheers - Kim

]]> by: proud 2b chritian http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-295 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 03:23:45 +0000 http://www.wordsbykim.com/blog/23/why-does-god-let-bad-things-happen/#comment-295 hi, i am 15 years old and as a teen ager, i have strugled a lot with that quiestion. So finally i decided to search for and answer in google and thankfully this website was the first one i cheked out. As i was reading "why does God let bad things to happen?" i started to cry. Not only because of the aful story of the little girl, but because it is amaizing to know how much God loved that little girl. hi, i am 15 years old and as a teen ager, i have strugled a lot with that quiestion. So finally i decided to search for and answer in google and thankfully this website was the first one i cheked out.
As i was reading “why does God let bad things to happen?” i started to cry. Not only because of the aful story of the little girl, but because it is amaizing to know how much God loved that little girl.

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