Hope your weekend went well, I had an awesome one: the evangelism in Stonebridge was a blessing many youth gave their hearts to the Lord. Sunday we had the Omega radio rally for peace at Stonebridge just a wonderful afternoon. Lets keep Mike in prayer the doctors say there is nothing they can do for his cancer. Pastor P
"Why Me Lord?" Part1
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Psalm 23
"Why Me?" is the first question we ask when tragedy strikes.
For some of us, the same question pops up when we have a flat tire. Or get a cold. Or get caught…
Somewhere along the way, we have become convinced that life should be all good, all the time. If you are a Christian, you may believe God should protect you from every hardship, large and small. God is good, so life should be fair.
But life isn't fair. You learn that lesson early from the schoolyard bully or a clique of cruel friends. Just about the time you forget, you're reminded with another painful lesson that hurts as much as it did when you were ten years old.
Why the Answer is Not Satisfying
From a biblical perspective, things started to go wrong with the Fall, but that's not a very satisfying answer when things go wrong with you, personally.
Even if we know the theological explanations, they bring no comfort in a hospital room or a funeral home. We want down to earth answers, not textbook theories about evil. We want to know why our own life is so miserable.
We can ask "Why Me?" until the Second Coming, but we never seem to get a response, at least one that brings understanding. We never feel the light bulb go on so we can say, "Ah, so that explains it," and then get on with our lives.
Instead, we're left groping with why so many bad things happen to us while godless people seem to prosper. We obey God to the best of our abilities, but things keep going wrong.
Why We Have Become Spoiled
It's not just that we think our life should be good because God is good. We have been conditioned in our western culture to have a low pain threshold, both physically and emotionally.
We have shelves full of pain relievers to choose from, and people who don't like those turn to alcohol or illegal drugs. TV commercials tell us to pamper ourselves. Any type of unpleasantness is treated like an affront to our happiness.
For most of us, famine, the ravages of war, and epidemics are images we watch on the news, not horrors we go through firsthand. We feel bad if our car is more than five years old.
When suffering hits, instead of asking "Why Me?", why don't we ask, "Why Not Me Too?"
Father, thank you for loving me. Even though things may be hard right now I know you’re with me and will comfort me. I praise you that my trial is not worse, I know you will not give me more than I can bare. AMEN!
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