"There hath no temptation taken you but such as is common to man..." Why does God allow certain things to happen? Why doesn't He intervene and prevent people from suffering and dying due to tragedies and conflict? In order to understand this we need to first understand that there are no surprises to God. He has a plan in place, from before the earth was created, to overcome all of the effects of anything that we might suffer. Next we need to understand that the grace of God is made available to us only if we are willing. This life is a test of our agency. God will force no man to heaven. The effects of anything we suffer need not be permanent. We can be, not only healed, but healed so completely that it will be as if what we suffered never happened. We Can Be Made Whole.
Sometimes we struggle unaided as a deliberate choice, from a prideful desire to go it alone without His help. When we choose to fight Him and His plan for us to be happy, by not allowing Him to heal and help us, He respects our decision. God will force no man to heaven. We often underestimate His power to heal us, and lack the faith to ask for help, because we may not really believe we deserve to be healed. We may want to try to save ourselves or we might think we deserve to suffer as a perverse sort of penance. When we get tired of fighting Him, and we are finally willing to let Him help us, He is there patiently waiting. He knew bad things would happen. He planned for it and He has a plan in place already to overcome it. He wants us to have lasting joy and be completely happy if we choose to allow it. He will not heal us against our will. We have to decide if true and lasting happiness and joy is what we really want.
Some people are addicted to always searching for something, that is missing from their lives, and never being completely whole. They seek it everywhere, sometimes in ignorance, sometimes in defiance, trying to fill that emptiness in ways which never satisfy that need. They are doomed to never being completely happy. Something will always be missing and they will always feel broken. Moments of temporary happiness will not last and they will keep looking to fill a need in ways which can never satisfy that need.
God is the source of all that is good. He is our loving Father and we lived with Him before we were born. He allowed us to choose whether to be born and to follow His plan. If we are here it is because we chose Him and His plan. His plan is designed for us to be happy and to maximize our blessings. We are still free to choose whether to follow His plan. Being born was not the beginning and death is not the end. Birth is just the beginning of our mortal experience to prove to Him and to ourselves that we are willing to follow Him. We get out of life whatever it is that we want. If we want to be happy, God has provided the way. If we really don't want to be happy, God allows us to make that choice. We just have to decide what it is that we truly want.
Sometimes we struggle unaided as a deliberate choice, from a prideful desire to go it alone without His help. When we choose to fight Him and His plan for us to be happy, by not allowing Him to heal and help us, He respects our decision. God will force no man to heaven. We often underestimate His power to heal us, and lack the faith to ask for help, because we may not really believe we deserve to be healed. We may want to try to save ourselves or we might think we deserve to suffer as a perverse sort of penance. When we get tired of fighting Him, and we are finally willing to let Him help us, He is there patiently waiting. He knew bad things would happen. He planned for it and He has a plan in place already to overcome it. He wants us to have lasting joy and be completely happy if we choose to allow it. He will not heal us against our will. We have to decide if true and lasting happiness and joy is what we really want.
Some people are addicted to always searching for something, that is missing from their lives, and never being completely whole. They seek it everywhere, sometimes in ignorance, sometimes in defiance, trying to fill that emptiness in ways which never satisfy that need. They are doomed to never being completely happy. Something will always be missing and they will always feel broken. Moments of temporary happiness will not last and they will keep looking to fill a need in ways which can never satisfy that need.
God is the source of all that is good. He is our loving Father and we lived with Him before we were born. He allowed us to choose whether to be born and to follow His plan. If we are here it is because we chose Him and His plan. His plan is designed for us to be happy and to maximize our blessings. We are still free to choose whether to follow His plan. Being born was not the beginning and death is not the end. Birth is just the beginning of our mortal experience to prove to Him and to ourselves that we are willing to follow Him. We get out of life whatever it is that we want. If we want to be happy, God has provided the way. If we really don't want to be happy, God allows us to make that choice. We just have to decide what it is that we truly want.
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