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Hello everyone,
Dr. Dobson (2012) points out that everyone during their lifetime here on Earth has endured some sort of pain or discomfort. This is true I do not know of anyone that has led a perfect life without any issues. I have been in a relationship that involved intimate partner violence, I have survived a brain aneurysm rupture when I was only 23 years old and had to live like a woman many years my senior. The reason that we are given all of these trials during our lives is that if we carry and accept it God will give us the grace to get through it (Dobson, 2012). Our strengths are made perfect in our weaknesses. I see my aneurysm as a way to slow me down I was not living my best life before my brain surgery. I was living a fast and unhealthy lifestyle, now I have slowed down and take care of myself and I take pride in myself. I did have many days when I cried out why me? Why am I a senior in college that has to use a shower chair and a walker. Why can’t I go out and party like everyone else? Why am I tired at 8 pm when I should be out drinking at 1 am? After my brain surgery, I was not supposed to live, walk, have any quality of life but I went back to college walking, talking, and raised my grade point average after I accepted what had happened to me.
God never intends or desires for his children to have bad things happen to them. He allows people to make their own choices and unfortunately sometimes people choose evil (Kearney, 2001). This is why some husbands or partners choose to hurt their wives or intimate partners physically or emotionally. This is why grown men or women choose to sexually assault children. It is their choice to do so. When someone asks how could God let this happen we need to remind them that God does not make our choices for us. We can always turn to God instead of following our desires if we know they do not align with His teachings.
God is not punishing anyone when something bad happens to them, God does not have a personal vendetta against you or anyone in your family. Our God is not a vengeful God. Instead of focusing on the evil act, we need to focus on how the glory of God ca be revealed (Kearney, 2001). Will the awful act bring the rest of the family together, will it lead them to church? Will it lead them to Jesus?
Thank you for reading,
Sherry
References
Dobson, J. (2012). When God doesn’t make sense. Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House.
Kearney, R. T. (2001). Caring for sexually abused children: A handbook for families and churches. Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity Press.
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