Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People?: Comforting the Afflicted

5/25/2022

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Today is a somber episode as we reflect on the tragedy just a few miles away from us in Uvalde. We try to process this through the lens of Scripture and encourage you in how to respond to people in times of tragedy, grief, and loss.

Susie Tiemeyer

5/26/2022 07:39:38 pm

“This world is not my home.” As I struggle with processing this evil, these words keep scrolling through my mind.

Felix

5/27/2022 12:42:19 pm

Amen Susie. Good work, men. It's not our final home thank Heaven for that. On the other hand, we strain to make sense of it all. I at least keep hitting walls - just when I think I grasp how to think of it all - I realize - I do not. It's too high for me. Theodicy is the theology of the vindication of God. Sometimes - it just leaves me cold. There are times when mourning is all we can do with any conviction. But by His grace we can take Psalm 73 to heart. It's as if suffering is required for this to be truly our own. God will vindicate himself even when our theology and personal thoughts/feelings do not meet.

25 Whom have I in heaven but you?
And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you.
26 My flesh and my heart may fail,
but God is the strength[b] of my heart and my portion forever.

27 For behold, those who are far from you shall perish;
you put an end to everyone who is unfaithful to you.
28 But for me it is good to be near God;
I have made the Lord God my refuge,
that I may tell of all your works.

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