Recently someone asked a question on one of my social media
sites. At first glance, I was taken back
but after prayer and thought I felt saddened by this person’s burden that was
heavily weighted on their heart.
Their questions was
as follows, “I write with respect
only for the love of the truth. I am a servant of God from 31 years and I
always read this confusion from many believers:
You know this? Every
day, 20000 children between 0 and 4 years old die of hunger and thirst,
especially in Africa. They do not have guardian angel like this in your post?
So God in his goodness leaves the guardian angels for European or American
children but has no angels for African children?
Can you explain this
contradiction?”
My response is as
follows:
Brother in Christ
You’re question is definitely a good one. This subject has
been asked and argued over for a few thousand years. Allow me to respond in the
deepest respect to your question. As a humble lover of Christ I too have asked
this same question to God himself. In 2008 I received a call just a few minutes
before midnight on December 8th that my 22 year old daughter had
been killed. I was working on a project in Illinois and had to make a long
dreadful drive back to my home state of Louisiana.
During this long drive I cried out to the Lord many times
asking why, how could you have taken my sweet daughter away from me? With the
deepest sorrow I had ever experienced, all I could do is push the pain down so
deep that no one could see it.
Being confused, I started blaming myself. I had decided it
was my own sin that caused the death of my child and somehow God was torturing
me. It wasn’t long after losing Summer, my oldest daughter was almost killed.
She stayed in a coma for several weeks from head trauma and finally after over
a year of therapy she came out of it but was left with paralysis to the right
side of her body and now disabled for the rest of her life.
Instead of being angry with God I chose to humble myself and
seek His face. Throughout this time of trouble God drew me closer to him than
ever before. I found myself year after year reading through the Bible several
times and during this I would have what some call prayer time, I call it
conversation. In doing this He has given me a peace that passes all
understanding. You see pain and suffering is a worldwide thing, it has no boundaries.
Take Jesus for example; at any time if God had chosen, He could have sent a
legion of angels down and destroyed everyone that had plans to crucify our Lord.
But, He had a reason to allow His son to die on the cross; it was simply for
you, me and a few billion other people.
So I guess it all comes down to free will. It’s a choice
that we all have. We either choose to have faith and believe or not.
The grand question of “WHY” I believe this mystery will be
revealed when we have a sit down with God someday in Heaven.
Russell L. Martin
Throughout time, many religions have presented differing
beliefs of the afterlife. Whatever they may be, we surely all have a final
destination. Ask yourself: Is there a heaven or hell? When I die will I simply
cease to exist and my body turns to dust? If I make it to heaven, what will I
do for eternity? Will I see and know my family and friends? What about angels
and demons, are they real?
More about Russell L.
Martin:
Using his life experience and firm belief in Jesus the Son
of God, Russell L. Martin was inspired to share an incredible tale of what it
could be like to be in a personal relationship with your protecting Angel; thus
became the birth of “Scars of My Guardian Angel”.
In addition to “Scars of My Guardian Angel”, a 312 page
Christian novel, Russell L. Martin written 13 wonderful Christian songs, that
he and his wife share in local churches around their community. “Scars of My Guardian Angel” is the first
book of The Portal Series. The book is
receiving rave reviews from readers leaving them with a strong desire for book
two of The Portal Series: Bloodline of the Scrolls.
For more information about Russell L. Martin visit, https://www.russellmartinauthor.com.
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