Be a Comforter, not an Interpreter

May 25, 2008

Given my discussion of the “why” question in the last few posts, I want to offer a caution to would-be comforters. Here is some advice from a sufferer. We don’t know what God is doing in a person’s life.  We don’t know the reason “this” or “that” happened. We don’t know for certain whether there is a reason […]

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“Why Not Me?”

May 25, 2008

It almost never fails. Every time I raise the question of “Why me?” I hear the kind, mild and well-intentioned rebuke that perhaps I should ask the question “Why not me?” I understand the point–I think. Of course, why should it not be my child that dies? Why should it not be my wife that […]

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