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The Most Difficult Question May 31 2009
"Your eyes have seen my unformed substance, and in Your book were all written the days that were ordained for me, when as yet there was not one of them." - Psalm 139:16
As a pastor, there is no more difficult situation than the death of a child. How can I possibly give a satisfactory answer to grieving parents who ask me, "Why?"
I know from a human perspective it is very difficult for us to understand when a person dies at an early age. The fact is, none of us know the number of our days. Only God knows that. We live in a fallen world, contaminated by sin, and there are all kinds of innocent people who suffer because of that. Not all of us will live that full life that Scripture talks about of 70 years. For some it’s a few weeks, for some it’s ten years, for others, it’s forty, fifty, a hundred years. By trusting that God has ordained the number of our days, we can recognize that even when a child goes to heaven - and be absolutely assured that children do go to heaven - that we can find comfort in that. Can you imagine heaven without young children? There is an eternal purpose and plan that we are not able to understand completely on this side of heaven, but be assured that God has a perfect plan we will someday understand – in eternity. The key is trust in God, even when it doesn’t make sense.
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Yes, report it NevermindSince heaven is a better place to live in, children who die young get to enjoy heaven sooner than most people.... However, it's their parents and relatives who have to suffer the emotional loss for the rest of their lives on earth.
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Yes, report it NevermindIt's absolutely amazing how often your Daily Devotions come at exactly the perfect time. Saturday, I had a customer who lost their son this past year & I forwarded this to he & his wife, in the hope it will bring some peace into their life.
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Yes, report it NevermindThere is something I don't understand about this devotion. Bryant says, "and be absolutely assured that children do go to heaven." How can he say that? I mean, of course we WANT children to go to heaven, and would seem pretty cruel if they didn't, but a lot of things God does seem pretty cruel to us. Does God just ignore original sin when it comes to children? At what age do they start going to hell?