Tuesday, June 16, 2015

Not everything happens "for a reason".

Further to my last post, a friend of mine posted this link yesterday which shares my belief far more eloquently than I did.

An excerpt:
"It’s exhausting enough to endure the dark hours here and not lose our religion, without the addition of a Maker who also makes us bleed. Instead, I prefer to understand God as One who bleeds along with us; Who sits with us in our agony and weeps, not causing us our distress but providing a steady, holy presence in it."
Read the full article here if you like.


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