I just finished my Theology class and it spoke directly to me. Here is what it was all about:
Lately there have been a lot of tragedies near where I live, three children died in a house fire, a young college student died in a car crash and there have been many others dealing with sickness and disease. In class we watched a sermon from yesterday that asked the question: where is the Lord in all of this?
A lot of times when stuff like this happens that same question comes to mind: Why would Christ allow something so horrible to happen? He doesn't, it's all the devil and his scheming ways.
The pastor said that God has never not been at our side. If we reject Him, He will leave us on our own for a time. But when it comes to His people, you and me, He promises to never leave us nor forsake us. Pastor also remembered in Daniel chapter 4, when Shadrach, Meshach and Abendigo were in the furnace. Who was with them? The Angel of the Lord was. They didn't even smell like smoke when they came out!
The fact of the matter is the devil and sin allows these things to happen to us to tear us far apart from our Lord and Savior. We need to be in the word, sing the Lord's praise and pray continuously. When we do that, the devil has no room to make a home.
Your sister in Christ,
Melody :)
Wow, thank you for sharing that. That really helped me because
ReplyDeleteI know a lot of friends going through stuff like this in their lives right now.
Of course! It's a hard to know what to say to friends sometimes when they are going through a hard time. Just remind them of Jesus :)
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