Just wanted to share this little scenario that reminded me of why God sometimes allows suffering:
I was just outside and was watching my neighbor's little boy riding his bike down the street. There is a T-crossing at the end of our street and while cars will stop at the stop sign, little boys on bikes will not. I've seen this little boy "run" this stop sign on his little bike often.
Well, about 50 yards from the stop sign, the little boy hit a rock or something and skidded his bike and fell. At precisely the time the boy would have gone through that stop sign, a big SUV came barreling through on the cross street. I shudder to imagine what would have happened if that little boy had not fallen on his bike and gone through that stop sign!
Naturally, with his knee all scuffed up, the little boy got up crying and mad, walking his bike back to his house. It never occurred to him that that fall might have saved his life. But I saw it all and I understood.
Sometimes when we go through periods of suffering or trial, we may never see the outcome or the "why." But God never lets his children suffer without a reason.
I was just outside and was watching my neighbor's little boy riding his bike down the street. There is a T-crossing at the end of our street and while cars will stop at the stop sign, little boys on bikes will not. I've seen this little boy "run" this stop sign on his little bike often.
Well, about 50 yards from the stop sign, the little boy hit a rock or something and skidded his bike and fell. At precisely the time the boy would have gone through that stop sign, a big SUV came barreling through on the cross street. I shudder to imagine what would have happened if that little boy had not fallen on his bike and gone through that stop sign!
Naturally, with his knee all scuffed up, the little boy got up crying and mad, walking his bike back to his house. It never occurred to him that that fall might have saved his life. But I saw it all and I understood.
Sometimes when we go through periods of suffering or trial, we may never see the outcome or the "why." But God never lets his children suffer without a reason.