I
can't even sleep thinking about those kids in Connecticut. The term
nightmare does not come close to describing it for those parents. What
if that was one of my kids? That's an unbearable thought.
My heart really goes out to those who lost loved ones in CT. It's inconceivable, tragic, awful... there just aren't words for it.
If you've read any of these posts or heard me talk about God, it's no mystery where I'm going to go with this. Lots of people are no doubt going to the same place right now.
Where is God in all this? If God is indeed good, why wouldn't he stop this and other senseless destruction of life, especially when children are involved?
The idea that God might answer someone's prayer about their job, or their car, or something as trivial as a parking space, but would do nothing to intervene in something like the massacre of innocent children is beyond absurd to me.
I've recently become familiar with the term "deist" and I think that's how I would classify myself. Deism is belief in the existence of a supreme being, specifically of a creator who does not intervene in the universe.
I just don't see in the world, in the news, in my life and my experience, evidence that God cares about us and is really engaged in our lives in a benevolent way.
If you're reading this and you have a different take on that, I would love to read/hear it. Leave a comment. (Just don't submit as evidence things that go on in your thoughts or emotions that no one can really see as evidence of God's engagement. If that works for you, great. But it won't work for me whatsoever.)
