Why Does God Allow Suffering? / Spiritual Meditations
We have a good idea how the world could be a better place. So why doesn’t God do it?
Why Does God Allow Suffering? / Spiritual Meditations
We have a good idea how the world could be a better place. So why doesn’t God do it?
Many of us live in a society drowning in shallow judgments based on a people’s appearance, vocabulary, dialect, education, fashion, sexual preference, ethnic group. We even judge ourselves based on how well we think we measure up to such standards. We must realize the balance between grace and truth when judging.
In small doses, guilt can benefit us. But when it runs free, it can cause havoc.
Growing into the likeness of Christ means being drawn more deeply into the compassion of God so that we hear the cries of injustice in our world, see the broken people along the way, and seek with a divine urgency a way to make a difference in places of suffering, injustice, and pain.
Every Christian has received at least one spiritual gift through God’s grace. Discover yours and make it a significant part of your purpose for being in this world.
Your Wondrous Kingdom of God Matures We cannot see this transcendental Spirit, hear it, taste it, touch it, or smell it, yet it is here, and it is now – we feel it, and we know it.
What every reader should first understand is the range and variety of the Bible, and what parts can best serve the purpose for which one turns to it.
Are you tempted to criticize your mother-in-law or something more serious? The treatments suggested here by psychologists and mystics can be utilized for your particular temptation while taking into consideration your personality and depth of faith.
In all my years of ministry, it might be one of the hardest conversations that I’ve ever had with someone. Walking up the stairs of this house for the first and only time, the smell and the screaming were something terrible. I felt as if I had been transported into the middle of the film “The Exorcist”.
Psychologists advise us that generosity provides numerous benefits, not only for others, but for ourselves. Generosity also includes kindness, hospitality and service to others; acts that everyone has the resources to provide.