Having read that devotional entitled ‘God in the Midst of Tragedies’, and with my wife and I discussing it, we both still have a difficult time dealing with the death of young children. Some get healed, some do not. Whenever children are involved in tragic events it touches the heart in a profound and hurtful way. Why must the innocent children of the world, of both Christian and non-Christian parents, be thrust into the theatre of pain? As before, I have no answer for this.
I suppose the only thing that comes to mind is that death is an integral and intrinsic part of the cycle of life. We are not promised a certain number of years of life. It seems unfair without question, but we must remember we are thinking with limited understanding that has been heavily influenced by all that has infiltrated our various senses since our birth. Scripture tells us we are not promised tomorrow. (Proverbs 27:1) Our expectations are that we will have many days on this earth before death takes us, but how do we come to that conclusion? Perhaps it has something to do with our belief that we are good people who deserve a long, happy, healthy life. But who ever told us we were entitled to that? For that matter, who ever told us we were good? According to scripture no one is good except God … not even Jesus (Mark 10:18). According to scripture we aren’t good because we fail to “love the LORD your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength” (Matthew 22:37-38).
According to the Bible no one deserves anything but punishment because we all sin … every last one of us. Yet scripture is crystal clear that God is merciful and kind and loving. It is most certainly a conundrum without an earthly solution. We may never know this side of heaven and once in heaven will we really care anymore. Those children that have passed on from various maladies and even those who have been aborted, shall be in heaven. Maybe the answer to the ‘why’ question lies in the future of said children? In other words, what would there life have been like had they lived. Is that possible? … most certainly. Maybe God was sparing them from future pain. Hmmm, sounds a little sketchy, but that’s just it, we simply do not know.
I will continue to ponder the great, seemingly unanswerable ‘why’ question, looking for a greater understanding. I’ll send my findings to y’all as they come to me. May God bless you and yours as we walk thru the future together. Until next time, continue to walk with the King of Kings and be a blessing.
Richard Keller
Bread of Life Ministries
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