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winner08:
I was one of those old emails to Ray that was asking why does God allowe these terrible things to happen to innocent children. Well I still don't understand why. But I have come to an understanding between God and myself. That is to say there all just some things I am not meant to understand. Instead of putting my focus on things that I am not going to understand, I will put my focus on the things that I might be able to understand. Things that will help me grow in faith. Things that will help improve my understanding with the spiritual matters instead of the physical things of this world. For me this is helped a great deal. I am no longer angry with God. When I say I was angry. I stayed away from any discussions about God. I didn't want to hear about God. If someone brough God up and how loving and mercifully He is I would jump down their @#$$% and say if so why then does He allowe this and that to happen. Anyway that's past and I much rather look to the future.
Stevernator:
--- Quote from: Falconn003 on January 10, 2009, 10:21:52 AM ---starts the same:: asking why children suffer and starve in other nations or even our own countries.
But the fact remains, those with the wealth or the abundance to do something about it, seem to fail or ignore for the sake of profit or politics or religion or ideals or ((insert the many lame excuses given through out our history))
In the news showed how food/supplies meant for these hapless families is halted at the docks or import stores on technicalities or greed. These supplies are intercepted by the warlords or drug lords and used for their own satisfactions or ambitions.
And recently there have been fraudulent ministries, scamming money/supplies from well to do people.
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Food aid can be misused or create unhealthy dependencies. But it can also save lives. There are many charities that improve and save the lives of people such as Save the Children, Food for the Poor etc. that can be researched (based on transparency, results etc) on charitynavigator.org or even youtube.
Dave in Tenn:
Good practical points, Roger and Stevernator. I would hope that giving in situations like this would have more to do with actually helping and less to do with making us feel better. Air-time is expensive. Some research will lead you to ways in which your giving (and those of others) to feed children is not used instead for further expensive fund-raising and high-flying administration.
lovepeace:
--- Quote from: winner08 on January 10, 2009, 05:07:20 PM ---I was one of those old emails to Ray that was asking why does God allowe these terrible things to happen to innocent children. Well I still don't understand why. But I have come to an understanding between God and myself. That is to say there all just some things I am not meant to understand. Instead of putting my focus on things that I am not going to understand, I will put my focus on the things that I might be able to understand. Things that will help me grow in faith. Things that will help improve my understanding with the spiritual matters instead of the physical things of this world. For me this is helped a great deal. I am no longer angry with God. When I say I was angry. I stayed away from any discussions about God. I didn't want to hear about God. If someone brough God up and how loving and mercifully He is I would jump down their @#$$% and say if so why then does He allowe this and that to happen. Anyway that's past and I much rather look to the future.
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wow! i read your response and it really hit me. i am still a little at the point where i do not want to discuss God because He can make me so angry with the things He lets happen in this world. i cry just seeing these commercials or shows on TV. Nobody should have to suffer that way. my boyfriend talks about God at least once a day and i do not like that it bothers me or it gets to me. i do not want that to happen. i want to be able to discuss are opinions with one another without me getting so defensive. my boyfriend told me, that when God is ready for me to understand i will and i believe that. he tells me that it is okay not to understand right now, but at least i am taking that step towards God and trying. i love my boyfriend for letting me know that. But it still gets to me. how did you change that?
rk12201960:
Hello LP,
How sure were you about God before you came here?
How many here was sure? All of us,.
God has powers beyond our understanding,,,, ok make a world ....
How sure are we that we see what we see?
Faith is a hard lesson to learn, is it not?
I'll leave it there and you ask God again,,, keep knocking....He will answer.... ;D
Peace and understanding a prayer for you...
Randy
;D 8) ;D
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