“It may be hard in the face of human suffering to believe in God, but dismissing God simply leaves you alone with your pain… a ghastly loneliness.”
As our church family marked the tenth anniversary of 9-11 this past Sunday, I found encouragement in the above words. Some people were and are ready to completely dismiss God in the midst of the horror of 9-11. For me personally all of it would simply be unbearable to do so. I cling to Emmanuel – God with us as a drowning person would to a life-saver. God with us demonstrating the unfathomable truth: “Nothing can separate us from the love of God in Jesus Christ.” No – it does not take away the pain – it doesn’t take away the questions. It does give me the strength to go forward in a world that without God would be a place of “ghastly loneliness.”
Grace and Peace,
Pastor Ron
