Last week, I posed a troubling question: Does God care about our earthly woes? Or as author Brent Curtis wrote, are we trapped in a story that “uses up characters like trailer courts in tornado season?”
How can we know that God is good?
Let’s get down to the juggernaut of the question. We have legitimate questions about God’s goodness: Why tragedies? Why injustices? Why do innocents suffer—like children blasted with chlorine gas in Syria? Even small things can galvanize our doubts.
We say—if God will give us answers, then we’ll trust Him…
We want Him to come down with all His goodness and answer our questions with puzzle-like exactness. The puzzle would look like this:Continue reading