Amy's 'momentary trouble'

Amy has still had some back pain, but she's been able to continue through it. No real changes in anything, just waiting for next week when she'll have her CT Scan.

The Bible says that God is a God of love and He desired to create a being that would love Him. But genuine love cannot exist unless it is freely given through free choice of will. So man was given the choice to accept God’s love or to reject it. When Adam and Eve disobeyed God, they did not choose something God created, but, by their choice, by their disobedience, they brought evil into the world. God is neither evil nor did He create evil. Man brought evil upon himself by choosing his own way, his selfish way apart from God’s way.” Blaming God for suffering and evil in the world is like saying "You shouldn't have given us a choice Lord. You should have made us love you and forced us to obey you." But that would not have been real love.

OK, so that explains why people acting sinfully can bring pain & suffering to others, but what about those things we can not control like natural disasters or sickness & disease?

With almost no warning a violent tornado touches down and plows a narrow path of total destruction for perhaps 30 miles. Some homes are totally destroyed and many occupants are killed. Houses on either side may be left untouched. Destruction may well have been many millions of dollars. Good Christian families perished as did agnostics and unbelievers, ordinary citizens and town drunks, young and old.

A young parent of four, holds a good job, active in both the community as well as in church, is well respected and highly thought of and has touched many lives both young & old, receives the diagnosis that they have cancer.

These things happen everyday and it doesn’t matter which race, religion or socio/economic background. What went wrong? Where is God when these things happen? Did He lose control? Is He powerless to intervene?

No, but God is sovereign - What is meant by that expression? It means the supremacy of God, the kingship of God, the godhood of God. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that God is God. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Most High, doing according to His will in heaven and on earth. To say that God is sovereign is to declare that He is the Almighty, the Possessor of all power in heaven and earth, so that none can defeat His counsels, thwart His purpose, or resist His will. To declare that the Creator’s original plan has been frustrated by sin, is to dethrone God. To suggest that God was taken by surprise in Eden and that He is now attempting to remedy an unforeseen calamity, is to degrade the Most High to the level of a finite, erring mortal. To argue that man is a free moral agent and the determiner of his own destiny, and that therefore he has the power to checkmate his Maker, is to strip God of the attribute of Omnipotence.

The sovereignty of the God of Scripture is absolute, irresistible, infinite. When we say that God is sovereign we affirm His right to govern the universe, which He has made for His own glory, just as He pleases. We affirm that His right is the right of the Potter over the clay, i.e., that He may mould that clay into whatsoever form He chooses, fashioning out of the same lump one vessel unto honor and another unto dishonor. We affirm that He is under no rule or law outside of His own will and nature, that God is a law unto Himself, and that He is under no obligation to give an account of His matters to any.

Sovereignty characterizes the whole Being of God. He is sovereign in all His attributes. He is sovereign in the exercise of His power. His power is exercised as He wills, when He wills, where He wills. This fact is evidenced on every page of Scripture. For a long season that power appears to be dormant, and then it is put forth in irresistible might. Pharaoh dared to hinder Israel from going forth to worship Jehovah in the wilderness—what happened? God exercised His power, His people were delivered and their cruel task-masters slain. But a little later, the Amalekites dared to attack these same Israelites in the wilderness, and what happened? Did God put forth His power on this occasion and display His hand as He did at the Red Sea? Were these enemies of His people promptly overthrown and destroyed? No, on the contrary, the Lord swore that He would "have war with Amalek from generation to generation" (Ex. 17:16). Again, when Israel entered the land of Canaan, God’s power was signally displayed. The city of Jericho barred their progress—what happened? Israel did not draw a bow nor strike a blow: the Lord stretched forth His hand and the walls fell down flat. But the miracle was never repeated! No other city fell after this manner. Every other city had to be captured by the sword! Take one other example. God put forth His power and David was delivered from Goliath, the giant; the mouths of the lions were closed and Daniel escaped unhurt; the three Hebrew children were cast into the burning fiery furnace and came forth unharmed and unscorched. But God’s power did not always interpose for the deliverance of His people, for we read: (Heb. 11:36, 37) "And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment: they were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented". But why? Why were not these men of faith delivered like the others? Or, why were not the others suffered to be killed like these? Why should God’s power interpose and rescue some and not the others? Why allow Stephen to be stoned to death, and then deliver Peter from prison? The answer to all of these questions, is, because God is Sovereign, and being Sovereign, He does as He pleases. (from Providence Baptist Ministries)

This is hard to take at times, but it’s true. His wisdom is greater, Plan more perfect and Will more steadfast. We don’t know how this is going to turn out, but we are praying for healing and trusting in His plan and recognize that His wisdom if far superior than ours.



This is Amy's story as seen and told by me – V