Question for the Christians posting.

I mean no disrespect as I was raised Catholic myself but I've started questioning a lot. I have a question that no one's ever been able to answer. If everything that happens is God's will, then why do innocent children die of cancer every day, why are they born with horrific birth defects, why would God want a child to suffer in this way? From a mom who's lived it first hand.

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REMsleep · 41-45, F

God created this existence. This world is not perfect because God has given us the freedom to choose to believe or not believe. To go against his will or to accept his will.
There are 2 kinds of evil in this world. Natural evil such as a flood that drowns people and man made evil such as a nuclear war. For natural evils God had created an order to the universe and if God were to come down and miraculously stop every strong wind, every heavy rain then there would be no order to this world. That same strong rain that causes flood might fill up a dry river that provides water to many for years to come. As far as a response to human evils again its down to choice. How can our decision to serve the Living God mean anything if he takes that choice away from us? This life is very temporary and when it is over our suffering here is totally gone for eternity. You might feel bad for a baby who suffers and dies while he is with our Father instantly blameless which you while on earth appear to have the better life but struggle to accept God and stuggle with daily sins and torments.

SimplyTracie · 26-30, F

@REMsleep Can you give me an example of God’s Will? And how might one go against it?

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@SimplyTracie Hi Tracie,
Ignoring the grace and omnipotence of God. Hubris to believe that the creation has surpassed the creator so that we don't have to honor and obey. Outright rejection of God's love. Also we have some universal moralities with our conciousness guides us towards. We can ignore these or teach ourselves to not feel them such as liars, hurting innocent people or animals, murder, jealousy with action

SimplyTracie · 26-30, F

@REMsleep You’re saying that His love is His will?

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@SimplyTracie His will is for us to accept his love and direction. Our earthly minds might best equal this to the love of a father. Love is the greatest commandment. We are to love each other as we would love ourselves or our most beloved friend. Doesn't mean we have to give away all our our possessions or not enjoy life because we are compelled to help everyone but it just means keeping that commandment in mind first above all else.

SimplyTracie · 26-30, F

@REMsleep Are you talking about those people with private jets and private islands? I’m pretty sure they’re enjoying life.

I think of Gods will as something different. Like for example, someone gets cancer and dies. People esay, it was God’s Will.

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@SimplyTracie There is nothing wrong with being rich even very rich but it does make it harder to live righteously. Lots of temptation being rich and easy to forget our spiritual needs because our earthly selves are convinced that money solves all problems when it is also the root of much evil.
But God does want us to enjoy this gift called life. It would be clearly against God's will to have lots of money and see people in need all around and ignore them.

As for your comment about people saying that "its God's will" when bad things happen this is a complex statement that people tend to oversimplify. We know God's nature towards us, his commandments towards us but we can't even fathom the greatness or true existence of God so how could we truly know what his will is within a given situation? We don't always know but I do believe that all things work for the good of those that love him. This doesn't mean that life will be easy for those that love him. It just means that every opportunity can draw us closer to him, even great suffering can serve a purpose in our lives. What if our compassion for others is so increased that we become a medical provider and spend the rest of our life curing others due to our personal loss. We don't always know what plan God has for us so oftentimes we can't understand loss. This is why people say it was Gods will. It does not mean that God particularly wanted you to experience personal pain but sometimes it might. We have to stay in communication and obedience to God and ask for understanding.