Considering answers to those faith-questions we all ask…
Tag: Love
Many of us secretly or even openly wish we were special in some way. We admire the celebrities, the successful and the achievers, and we quietly judge ourselves for being plain or for being nobodies. Yet almost all of us miss the one simple opportunity to become very special.
The most common cause of unbelief, according to surveys, is the problem of evil and suffering. If there really were a God, people reason, there would be no suffering. Putin's Russia would not get away with the invasion of Ukraine, Uncle Joe wouldn't have died of that awful disease, and the cat would not have got caught up in a tree.
In one of a few posts which pondered the question, "Does God Have a Dark Side?", I made the mistake of leaving the most important observation until last. So right up front today, here's another take on it.
A Facebook friend of mine who's a pastor recently shared a quote from someone he looks up to. It went something like this: "If I have all my doctrine right but have not love, I am nothing".
God is love, and God is justice. You can't have one without the other. You can't have up without down. You can't have hot without cold. You can't have low without high., and you can't have love without justice. Don't believe in dualism? You're shooting yourself in the foot.
Fuel for Faith, Food for Thought 