"I know you're mad at Me right
now. That's all right. People have been
mad at Me before and will
be again. Being mad is part of being human. My
Son got mad, too. It's all
right to be mad sometimes at injustice, for
example, or the lack of charity."
"You probably think I am unjust
and uncharitable when an airplane goes
down like that. All those
people lost. The children gone. It
doesn't seem right; it can't
be loving.
You ask, 'Where was God?' Why
did He allow that to happen?"
"I allow it to happen because
I allow you freedom. I could have left you
on a string and made you dance
all day without getting tired. I could have
moved your mouth for you and
made you sing all night without growing
hoarse. I could have pulled
a wire that would have let you soar skyward
and never fall."
"I could have, but I didn't
because I love you so much. I want you to
be free to decide when to
dance and sing. Free to determine when you
will come to Me in faith and
hope. Because you are free, some of you
choose not to dance or sing.
Some of you select hatred over love, revenge over
forgiveness, bombs over a
helping hand. As you choose, I watch. I do
not disappear. I listen to
both the songs and the bombs. AND I
REMEMBER."
"Where was God?" you wonder...I
was there. I whispered in the ear of
a little girl, 'Don't be afraid,
I am with you.' I held the hand of a
business woman as tightly
as she clutched mine. I cradled a pilot
against my shoulder as if
he were a baby again."
"Amid the paralyzing fear,
I was there, as I was there with my Son in
the garden. Amid the unbearable
pain, I was there, as I was with Him as
He was whipped. Amid the terrible
realization that life was ending too
soon, I was there, with Him
as He hung on the cross and asked, like you, "My
God, why have you forsaken
Me?"
"I had not forsaken Him. I
did not forsake them. I was there as they
fell, and as they rose to
eternal joy. I listened to their anger, answered
their questions and showed
them why they had been created. Not to end
that way, but to live with
Me forever."
"In an instant, they came into
existence. As you did. In an instant,
they left this world. As you
will. But beyond that last instant, I kept
my promise... A little girl
dances, a business woman sings, and a pilot
keeps his wings forever."
God bless you as you go about
your daily activities. Everyday could
be our last. None of knows
the number of days we are granted on this
earth but thank God we have
the hope of an eternity with Him.
~Author Unknown~