Anonymous
Beloved of All
I am struggling to understand something. As Lord Creator of All, God surely has dominion over all in this universe, and the Holy Bible seems to tell that God is beyond time. King Hezekiah experienced time moving backwards, Moses and Elijah were brought to meet Jesus, and the sun did stay in the sky to help Israel win their battle. I do not understand why time cannot be manipulated in this way to save the life of a good, loyal, faithful and hardworking mortal. Surely our Lord can do anything with His creation, and manipulating time would surely benefit His children enormously. I understand God's thoughts and ways being higher than our thoughts and ways, but even so, I struggle. Time cannot be more powerful than God, as that would make time into God, surely God can manipulate His creation. Take as an example my friend's brain haemorrhage, or any of the other brain haemorrhages around the world every day. C's Haemorrhage was small and we are all enormously thankful to God for that, as it was surely His Grace which kept it small, but if God could just manipulate time for those who are in desperate need of it, He would be mightily Praised and His name would be Glorified to the highest. I'm just puzzled. There are thousands of brain haemorrhages every day, and yet C's was caused by her having to send her results to her Physicians without the assistance she so desperately sought. If she could send the information again, even with Free Will, it would doubtless make her well and able to serve God immediately. Please help me, My faith is strong, but I'm struggling to understand why a God who can work such Miracles, will leave his children in pain and terror. Surely it can't all be to draw his children closer to Him and increase their need for Him. Although God is the ultimate power, I do not understand the 'not healing everyone who needs to be healed. When people are old, and they start getting more and more illnesses, perhaps the best thing is to take them from this earth, but when people are still young and wish to serve God, why not help, and heal them all. C. did k get no help when her brain haemorrhage struck, although she cried out to God, and her brain damage is such that she cannot survive it and she has a young family who will be devastated by her loss. There are people born every day with terrible conditions which put them through intense pain and suffering every day of their lives, why does God not help them? If C had received help when she had to hurriedly send the information to her Physicians, she would not be terrified of what will become of her, she would not have just had a Christmas absolutely broken hearted because she could not help the poor and the needy and the homeless.. I have seen miraculous and medically unexplainable things myself, but somehow they seem to be very few, when God could, and surely would, save as many people as possible whilst they are still living. I do not wish to lose my best friend of many years, but she cannot remain in this world without the information being changed, and I don't actually think that will happen, no matter how many people Pray. Unless she is completely healed, I will lose her anyway. She is terrified, as she watched her father die of strokes and she knows how terrible that can be. I suppose really, what I'm asking, is why many thousands of people lose sleep every night by fervently Praying, and yet their Prayers are so often unanswered, no matter how strong their faith. I am not of the Roman Catholic Faith and perhaps Popes look forward to spending eternity with God, but I am still puzzled. A lady of my acquaintance has fervently Prayed for her husband, her oldest friend, her daughter in law and several other family members, and has now lost all faith and turned her back on the Church. She puts it in terms of she is not God's friend right now. Surely such a power as God Almighty can help a few more people to stay in this life with their families until they are very old and looking toward Heaven. Or are the Atheists correct?