Waar is God as ons seer het, as dit lyk of die wêreld om ons uitmekaar val?
Kind word deur kapers tot sy dood gesleep, vliegtuie val, oorloë, klein kindertjies sterf in frats ongelukke, mense word uit hul huise gesit en met net die klere op hul rug uitgeban vir hul geloof, ander word gekruisig en gemartel, terwyl `n pa van kanker sterf en siekte mense hier naby en oor die wêreld bang maak. Ek voel soms soos Philip Yancey: "I feel helpless around people in great pain. Helpless, and also guilty. I stand beside them, watching facial features contort and listening to the sighs and moans, deeply aware of the huge gulf between us. I cannot penetrate their suffering, I can only watch. Whatever I attempt to say seems weak and stiff, as if I`d memorized the lines for a school play."
"Many suffering people want to love God, but cannot see past their tears. They feel hurt and betrayed. Sadly the church often responds with more confusion that comfort." Philip Yancey in "Where is God When it hurts?"
ReplyDelete`n Baie belangrike gedagte hieroor: "We usually think of the problem of pain as a question we ask of God, but it is also a question he asks of us, How do we respond to hurting people?" Yancey
ReplyDeleteNobelprys wenner George Wald vertel dat hy as 69 jarige, nog nooit fisies teenwoordig was by iemand se dood nie, en dat hy op 68 sy eerste doop gesien het. "Just think, these are the greatest events of life and they have been raken out of our experience.... When you have no experience of pain, it is rather hard to experience joy."
ReplyDeleteIs dit dalk waarop so baie jongmense ook gryp na die sensasie van "cutting" om lewendig te voel, en waarom ander dit soek in woeste (pynlike) musiek.
`n Praktiese voorbeeld van hoe pyn ook die mooi laat uitkom. http://www.godvine.com/He-Was-Bullied-Because-of-His-Looks-But-When-fb-gv--5752.html
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