It's been not quite two weeks since the entire nation was shocked by what happened at the Boston Marathon. Many questions, concerns, and worries came to many people after seeing the horrific actions that men did in setting off bombs at the marathon. The effects were devastating for many people, injured several, and even cost a few people their lives.
During tragic moments that touch both the nation or just our individual lives, many people are stuck asking the question why? As they ask this poignant question many people turn and ask God why did this happen? Well, to be perfectly blunt there are no very good reasons why two men would set off bombs at the Boston Marathon and kill some people and injure many other people they didn't know. However, in spite of all the pain, heartache, and turmoil these young men caused, we can be sure of a few things. That's what this blog post is here and designed to do: give us the things and areas we can be 100% sure about in this awful situation.
1) God is still in control and still cares. This sentence may be very difficult for people to grasp, especially those who were directly affected by the events in Boston last week. But, one of the truths in our Christian faith is that God cares deeply for everything that happens to us. When those bombs went off and poor Martin Richard went to his eternal home, I guarantee that God shed not one but several tears because earth lost somebody very special. The Bible tells us in Psalms that God cares for us deeply that he fashioned and created us in our mother's womb and that even the hairs on our head are numbered! That's how well God knows us. In the New Testament we're assured in the Gospel of Matthew that if God cares and clothes the birds of the sky and the lillies of the field how much more will he care for and take care of us! It is easy to point the finger and say God doesn't care in the midst of an awful tragedy, but I think from personal testimony, the word of God, and just everyone that was saved from being harmed or killed by the bomb one can say that God does care.
So, one can see that God does care about what happens to everyone! That leaves us with another very pressing question: can God do anything about it? Is he powerful enough to stop human beings from hurting each other? Well, to put it nice and simply the answer to that question is yes and no. God is powerful enough to part a sea, raise someone from the dead, cure leprosy, cause the lame to walk, and the dumb to speak. So, I don't think he lacks anything in the power department. But, one thing we have to remember throughout all of this and we'll look at this in part two, is that awful things that happen in our world today: Newtown, CT shootings, bombing at the Boston Marathon, etc. are done by human beings who had the choice not to sin, but decided against that choice. Could God have stopped them? Absolutely, God could have, why God didn't stop the bombing? I can't say for sure. But, one thing I do know without a shadow of a doubt is that God cares deeply, is crying with the victims families, and God still is in control of our entire existence. Part 2 is coming soon.
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