I was recently asked a question by an elder who realized that an answer he gave was less than adequate. A woman had asked him why her husband had abandoned her and her family. It of course led to the question of does God
allow or
cause bad things to happen.
I decided work my response to him into a blog posting. I plan to develop it some more later to include the puzzles associated with 'free will'. For now, you may find it
here and I pray it may help you or stimulate some deeper meditations on the subject. Blessings.
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Understanding the purpose of our lives is the foundation to understanding the events in our lives. The catechism begins by asking, 'what is the chief end of man'. The answer of course is 'to glorify God and enjoy him forever'. Glorifying God is to acknowledge the weightiness of God's being; to apprehend his attributes in such a way that it transforms our thinking and actions. Enjoying God cannot happen unless our thinking is radically transformed because we are, by nature, God haters. -- More |