God Is Good

I do not believe that God has a personal hand in all of the things that people claim He does. For instance, thanking God for getting a new car, a new job, a loan, a husband. . . whatever. I heard a preacher say once that God had shown him favor by allowing him to find a parking space right by the entrance. Now, I do believe in a Supreme God, and I do believe that He can do anything He chooses to do. But, in my mind, it does not stand to reason that God would bypass saving an innocent child from rape and murder, yet take the time to make sure that a preacher gets a parking space by the door. So many people love to say “God is good” because of all the stuff they have -- riches, fame, power. However, people who do not believe in God at all have riches, fame and power.

What I do believe is that God has given to each of us all that we need to succeed in this world. We have the powerful five senses. We have the ability to think, to reason, to create. We have the ability to love. God has given us the ability to create our own perfect world, as perfect as it can be made by flawed beings. If we do the work to accomplish any task at hand, we shall succeed, whether you believe in God or not. God lets the sun shine on those who believe and those who do not. If we truly love our neighbor, there would be no innocent children raped and murdered. People love to ask, ‘How can a loving God allow so much pain and sorrow?’ I think we should ask ourselves ‘How can we allow so much pain and sorrow?’ After all, we are the ones creating all of the pain and sorrow. I believe God gave us the ability to eliminate our own pain and sorrow -- if only we would really believe and live by His spirit in us. If only we would love.