tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post3601450415719678448..comments2023-05-05T00:55:10.868-07:00Comments on Together We Are One Wise Woman!: The Conflicting Truths: God Can Heal But Death is a RealityUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6187423214160528044.post-56666237682946053762012-04-04T08:25:59.927-07:002012-04-04T08:25:59.927-07:00Cherri,
This is a beautiful and sensitive post!
...Cherri,<br />This is a beautiful and sensitive post! <br /><br />That our God allows grief and suffering is the biggest stumbling block to ALL of us who seek faith. Why is it so hard to place our trust in an all-powerful God who "merely" assures us that His Grace is sufficient. We frantically, desperately try to refuse Grace in order to have it our way. Don't we have much to learn? I am glad we have a God who is patient enough to give us the time it takes for us to begin to embrace what a perfect gift his Grace is, even in the face of suffering.<br /><br />Perhaps we need to be reminded to blame death on. . .<br />death, the fact that this is a broken existence and we are all dead in sin?<br /><br />I love the idea of just telling Jesus about the need area while refraining from prescribing the method of restoration. It permits him to be God and to determine what is truly, absolutely best. Maybe it's just too hard for us to accept that we don't understand. But isn't it by Grace that we don't understand it all? There are some things better left to the mystery of God, aren't there? Death and suffering are a couple of them. I look forward to a time when everything will be restored. Until then, I'll remember that there is something incarnational about grieving. The God who humbled himself also wept. He was truly WITH us. To follow his model means that I will weep with those who weep as well. In my presence maybe they will find comfort, too.<br /><br />(In memory of Devin Curtis Morse April 7 - April 8, 2004)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02596106170353164033noreply@blogger.com