Why is God testing us this way? What was the fault of those innocent people trapped under the debris... some of which were taken out in parts, some in full... out of which some survived, some died, and some were left somewhere in the inbetween with missing limbs, tears and no prospects of a happy future to be found in the mists of later? Why? Why why why?
Being the selfish person I am, I immediatly find myself thinking..... they say that God picks up those people from the earth before their time, that are dear to him... He only brings suffering upon the people He chooses to forgive of sins and bad deeds. It makes me wonder, have I sinned so badly that God just didn't want to forgive me? That I was not one of the chosen ones not because of time or location, but because I was not worthy of being called up there to a better place than this one? What is it that defines our 'time to leave'.... How can it be right when a 17 year old boy is called up there by Him? How can it be fair to take from a father, a mother, and a brother, a little 5-year old girl who fasted for the very first day that day and called her brother up at Sehri time to tell him proudly that it was her first 'roza' not knowing that it would not even last one whole day? How can it be fair to hear the voice of a boy begging from under the debris, to be fed some food and sent some water through a hole.... and still not be able to find him? What did God want to prove to us by wiping out entire khandaans... and leaving just one innocent man from an entire family who was just by chance, gone for Umrah and doesn't have a single clue that he's the only one left (minus 1 single cousin) out of an extended family of 60? How does that do justice to the creation of mankind...? There has to be a reason... I wish I knew it. I wish that if God wanted to punish us for our sins.. for our wrong doings... he had punished us all and not just a selective few thousands.
The things I'm hearing. The things I'm seeing... I'm still calling and texting all my friends to find out if everyone is okay... praying that everyone is fine.
I wish I could text God and ask him to stop...
5 comments:
We may never know His will. that is the way it has always been.
not knowing sometimes makes it impossible to accept,I mean yes there is nothing to do but accept but how is the main question.
my very close friends lost a lot of relatives in the quake and I find I have no words to offer as comfort because I cant understand the purpose of it myself.Am still trying to trace some of my frds and live daily in a state of fear that I may get bad news....Please prayfor them....
i understand what u mean... i lost a friend in the tower that collapsed in isb. he was an acquaintance, but i don't know how to comfort those to whom he was a best friend. i don't know how to accept it, and i don't know how to help others accept the loss of his life. i'm praying for everyone... still praying... still hoping for others.
God is giving missed calls to Earth & Earth is on vibrator.
So attend the cals for confession of your sins. Ask for his forgiveness for not responding to him.
Two reasons why texting god won't work:
He doens't have a cell.
He didn't do this.
Despite popular opinion, natural calamaties happen because we exist, not because god decided that okay hmmm thsi part of teh world hasn't seen much angst for a while, let's poke a finger and see how many ppl i can kill in one fell swoop.
God is merciful and benevolent...
not sadistic and ruthless.
Find him in the eyes of teh children who managed to survive even after a week of lying under rubble, not in the borken corpses of those who didn't survive.
And if that sounds like a dicghotomy, stay tuned for a much detailed blog post regarding this issue.
Pray. Just pray, for the souls of the ones who've passed away, and the lives of the ones who got left behind. God may not be the one causing earthquakes, but he certainly is the one who is going to press delet on the sins on our records.
Be safe.
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