Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

that happen to innocent children. I%26#039;m am so sick of hearing someone say, %26quot;God gave me twins because he knew that I wanted them so badly%26quot; or %26quot;God help me win the game.%26quot; Why do you believe this and why don%26#039;t you lose respect for your god that doesn%26#039;t care about the suffering of little children.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

a lot of people pray for good thing to happen.

very few pray for little children to suffer.

bad thinks happen to good people, that doesn%26#039;t mean that God did it.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

Suffering is the only way to find God glory.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

God is responsible for giving humans the choice to choose Him or not. People are responsible for the suffering of other people.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

Agenda. Kinda like a %26quot;pay no attention to the man behind the curtain thing.%26quot; Anything to cop out. It%26#039;s all god when good things happen and when bad things happen they say %26quot;well it was god%26#039;s plan%26quot;. No explanation why, nothing but a simple distraction. It%26#039;s a common dodge used to get away from the question.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

LOL. I suppose many of us do give credit to God for the small things, too. Perhaps because He created us. Whether you or anyone else likes it or not, it%26#039;s what we believe. You won%26#039;t change it by asking what you believe to be a %26quot;logical%26quot; question.

Perhaps the suffering of little children is necessary for the greater good? Perhaps the little children would suffer much more if they did not die so soon? It%26#039;s not for me to try to see the whole picture. I%26#039;m human. I%26#039;m not capable.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

There楹搒 a logical reason... of what楹搒 happening.

Adam and Eve choose to be independent, not having him.

They choose for us, being our first parents.

So God let us guide ourselves, men guiding men. Like when a stubborn child wants to try something, the mother knows it will probably hurt him, (LIKE CLIMBING ON SOMETHING) the mother of course is behind taking care for the children not the get harmed badly.

He楹搒 is letting us prove how we survive without him being in everything. WHEN A 18 YEAR OLD guy wants to leave home, parents can楹搕 say NO you won楹撻簱t leave home... 绡揅ause he is in his right. but IS HE PREPARED? sometimes when he realizes that he is not..... HE WILL COME BACK TO HIS PARENTS... asking for forgiveness and protection.

WE CANNOT LIVE WITHOUT HIM.. WE NEED HIM and of course he will heal in the future ALL THE DAMAGE we had caused ourselves.

AGAIN... it楹搒 men fault. Not god楹搒.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

Of course, if God is really in control and life is his plan, he deserves both thanks and blame. That much seems obvious to me. But crediting God for the suffering in the world would make it seem like God isn%26#039;t doing such a great job. And worshiping God can only make you feel good if you think God is worth worshiping. So many people just give God thanks for the good in life and blame the bad on Satan or human error.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

Wow, you%26#039;re wrestling with a great question. I%26#039;ve wondered the same thing. God is good. Check. God is all powerful. Got it. So why does evil remain or be allowed to harm the innocent? What%26#039;s up with that? And why does God get the credit when things go well, but we praise God anyway when things go bad?

David%26#039;s worship leader Ahab wondered the same thing. In Psalms he said, God, why are the wicked prospering? God%26#039;s response was basically...this is as good as it gets for them. Very soon they%26#039;ll get theirs. So I trust God will take care of injustice, and perhaps God allows it because we%26#039;re choosing and he honors our choices.

So I believe that God uses all for my good and I%26#039;ve even some bad things turn out to be just that...good things but it certainly didn%26#039;t look like it at the time. That%26#039;s helped me to trust even more.

Christians, how do you give credit for good things that happen to you but not bad things...?

1) He *does* care about the suffering of little children.

2) %26quot;I challenge you to look a small child in the eye who has just been sold into sex slavery and tell him/her that maybe it is necessary.%26quot;

I would never tell anyone such a thing.

3) %26quot;If you saw a child being raped or beaten would you look the other way because you had a bigger plan? Of course not. Then why do you excuse your %26quot;God%26quot; for doing this?%26quot;

First, God is in no need of excuses. However, in light of this question, we Christians are in need of excuses - presumably rational excuses - so that you will understand why we continue to worship God. So, my first point here is that it is we Christians, not God, that need an %26quot;excuse%26quot; for this problem.

Second, my excuse is that God *does* have a %26quot;bigger plan%26quot;. He sees the Big Picture, and the Big Picture is everlasting life. Now, I know there is a Big Picture, *and* I can understand that what happens to me *for the remainder of eternity* in the next life makes *anything* that happens to me in this life pale in comparison. So, although none of us *sees* the Big Picture, we at least can logically understand the *scope* of that Big Picture. Naturally, being a living human in a world of living people, how people are treated in this life is important to me. However, compared with the everlasting life that is to come, I can understand how what happens to someone for the few short years of their first life is inconsequential compared to that. This does not mean, for example, that a child being raped is inconsequential or any less horrendous. However, it *does* mean that there are more significant things in the universe than the rape of a child, and (conceivably) *failing to interfere personally* in the rape of a child may have consequences in the next life that, quite frankly, neither you nor I are in any position to evaluate.

A child doesn%26#039;t understand why he or she is punished for, say, drawing on the wall with crayons - but there is definitely a benefit to the child for being so punished. Likewise, we do not understand why God acts when he does, or fails to act when he chooses not to do so - but I am fully convinced that there is a benefit to everything in which God is involved.

Finally, there is the belief that God allows us free will. If this doctrine is accepted, then it would be contrary to God%26#039;s own will that he interfere with the free will exercised by a child rapist. In other words, it%26#039;s kind of silly to blame someone (namely, God) for the actions of someone else.

Jim, http://www.jimpettis.com/bibles/