Apologetics

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Taking a stroll one quiet summer ´s evening, my
bare feet enjoying the coolness of the wet, sandy
beach, I look up at the twinkling stars, the sky above pregnant and full with these jewels of dazzling beauty and wonder.
I then turned and took a good look around me and towards the sea beyond; I see the rolling waters, the waves of the sea coming in towards the beach
in thunderous succession, hitting the sandy beach in foamy excitement.
The moonlight lays a rich pathway right across the water into the horizon yonder like a carpet.
I marvel and stand in awe of the power within this firmament and the raw beauty of it all.

All of a sudden my mind reflects on the ugly side of life, where pain, suffering trauma and disease abounds.
Where hunger, strife, wickedness and sorrow are daily living for many, still within this same world!
How come?
I reminisce and look back at personal pain,
previous struggles and even present strivings
My thoughts swing immediately into automatic motion----
A conversation, with the one who knows and owns all things!

ME: ---Lord, why is there so much struggle and

pain on Earth, even for (ESPECIALLY)those who do believe and obey your will?




GOD: --- My dear, dear child! It hurts me to see

you all hurt so, but in the beginning I did not

make it so.

ME:--- Yes I know Lord, I remember in the book of

Genesis you looked at all that you created and

declared that IT IS GOOD!

My argument is, you can stop all the suffering and

pain at your will, with your spoken word and

command

Why wont you?

AFTERALL, JESUS WALKED ON WATER AND SPOKE TO THE
RAGING SEAS TO BE STILL AND THEY INSTANTLY, OBEYED!

GOD: --- Oh you dear child! You do have a right to

question me, after all I made you in my image and

likeness, with your very OWN INTELLECT AND

UNDERSTANDING but I want you to put it in mind

that in all that, I gave you a will to choose, a choice

between good and evil and you know that I am a

just God, my word will not change, FOR THE WAGES OF SIN IS DEATH AND THE GIFT OF GOD IS ETERNAL LIFE!

I do not work magic, I am no magician nor do I have a wand to wave,

I have laid down principles,

JUST FOLLOW THEM!


ME:--- Lord, I believe I see what you mean but how

about the righteous and the very elect who do your

will and obviously obey your command in all that

they do, why do they have to share in all the

pain? Why?


GOD: --- Oh child! Jesus suffered even much more

without EVER being a sinner!

Not being one in His conception, His birth, words

or deeds!

Yet He was not accepted, was disgraced, spat at,

ridiculed and NAILED TO A TREE!!!

He was called all sorts of names and his name is

still being maligned today by many around the

world, even His very own are deceived into doing

same!

He came- freewill, He suffered and died

He rose up again to show that His is ALL the power

and also to save you all from certain death and in

it all , He did not make fake promises he did not

say it was going to be a smooth bump free ride nor

will the bed be of roses If you follow

Him(remember John 15:18-21)

Did he?

Rather he promised to always be with you when you make that decision to do so—Matthew 28:20
Remember, your adversary never sleeps nor slumber and he is always prowling around the earth, looking for easy prey (and not so easy ones too!) to devour, because he is very angry that he does not have a second chance to come to repentance like you

ME:--- I see! But Lord----! It is so difficult sometimes, especially when there is a bombardment of attack, prejudice, problems and pain when there seems to be no one and no help in sight
When all friends and family desert, no one and nobody to call my own!

GOD: --- I feel the pain too, dear child, don’t you know?
Remember Jesus wept in the Bible!
I have already told you that a man´s foes shall be those of his own household-DONT YOU EVER, FORGET THAT!
There are times when you MUST go through the refiner ´s fire like gold to be made pure.
I am pure and holy, so no impurity or unholiness must be found in my own.
I am always with you even those times when you walk through the fire of adversity and it does not burn you, remember the three Hebrew boys in Daniel’s time in captivity in the Bible; my angels carry you in their arms right through it.
Even when everyone deserts you, I AM ever present in your very need.

I AM THE COMFORTER, YOU KNOW!

ME:--- Oh my God! It is ever so comforting to know all this, reassuring and encouraging,
I move on now fully recharged and ready for the next level.

P-L-E-A-S-E! P-L-E-A-S-E! and P-L-E-A-S-E Lord,

let me always know that you are around me whenever

there are problems and crisis in my life, often times I do not know if you are still with me or not!
I always feel I have done something terribly wrong to you and you have decided to give me up for terrible punishment!

GOD: --- Wow! How can you think such my child?!
So long as you walk in my statutes and in my will, always doing, everything that I command you to do, lo I will be with you always, even until the end of time;
please me all the days of your life, for this purpose were you created

Know this,

I CAN NEVER LEAVE NOR CAN I FORSAKE YOU,

I love you too much!

As for you being aware of my presence,
You must always listen for the still small voice
Because I ALWAYS TALK TO YOU!
In your waking and sleep moments, in your dreams, in my word (The Bible), through others around you, even in situations and circumstances that you pass through, I pass a message to you---you must always listen and pay attention to the details around you, then will you know that,

Each and every day

I have a word for you;
Take time to study my word and the book of Job in particular, then will you understand better how,

MY WAYS ARE NOT YOUR WAYS; NEITHER MY THOUGHTS YOURS!

ME:--- Lord! I thank you so very much for being my God!
Now I know that I am truly loved without conditions especially not by the world’s standards of being rich, famous, strong or brilliant!
I come to you Lord, as I am!

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