Randy Alcorn

Sufferers commonly ask, “Why me? Why not someone else? Why haven’t my friends lost a child or their husband? Why can they walk and ride bikes while I’m in a wheelchair? Why have you treated me differently, God?”  

In an incredibly sad scene in The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe, Susan and Lucy observe the terrifying death of Aslan. They are in utter despair that the best being they had ever known had been mocked and killed. Suddenly, they hear a great noise. The Stone Table was broken into two.

Nimetayarisha nyenzo ifuatayo na kuiwasilisha kwa vijana wengi na wazazi wao kwa miaka mingi. Wakati binti zangu ambao sasa wameolewa walikuwa vijana niliiboresha zaidi kwa ajili ya kuishiriki na kuijadili pamoja nao na vijana walioomba kuchumbiana nao.

لقد كَتَبَ الله قصة كلِّ واحدٍ منَّا. نحن جزء من شيء أكبر من أنفسنا. الله يدعونا للثقة فيه لننسج تلك القصة معًا، لكي نعبده حينما نصل لنهاية تلك القصة، حينما نقف مشدوهين أمام عبقريته الفريدة في حبكة خيوط القصة.

The devastation of tragedy feels just as real for people whose faith endures suf­fering. But because they know that others have suffered and learned to trust God anyway, they can apply that trust to God as they face their own disasters. 

I’m convinced that the Bible is clear that though we will have freedom to choose in Heaven, we will have no ability to sin. Consider Revelation 21:4-5.

Our instincts tell us that this fallen world isn’t our home—we were made for someplace better. I’ve never been to Heaven, yet I miss it. Eden’s in my blood. The best things of life are souvenirs from Eden, appetizers of the New Earth.

What would happen if each of us did our part to emphasize first and foremost not human figures or political agendas or earthly kingdoms, but our identity as His sons and daughters and citizens of HIS kingdom?

It should be a great encouragement to us that no one is ever too old or to set in their ways that the Holy Spirit can’t change their hearts, as this wonderful story a reader shared on my Facebook page demonstrates.