Why me, Lord?

#1 · December 13, 2014, 8:36 am

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Michael Brooks posted: ""And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' . . . But he said to her, 'You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accep"

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Why me, Lord?

by Michael Brooks

"And he said, 'Naked I came from my mother's womb, and naked shall I return there. The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.' . . . But he said to her, 'You speak as one of the foolish women speaks. Shall we indeed accept good from God, and shall we not accept adversity?' In all this Job did not sin with his lips" (Job 1:21; 2:10 NKJV).

Some of the greatest questions faced by humans are those related to suffering. Why does suffering come? Why do innocent people suffer? Why do some seem to suffer disproportionately? These have no easy answers and contemplation of them causes great anguish to many. Read more of this post

Michael Brooks | December 13, 2014 at 3:00 am | Tags: bangladesh, job, missionary, missions, suffering | Categories: Articles, Field Notes | URL: http://wp.me/p1HIjv-5qI

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