I came across these wise words by a woman who laid over her daughter only feet away from the theatre 9 shooting this morning. Her direct response to the tragedy she witnessed answers the question so many wonder at times like these: “So you still think God is a merciful God?” And quite beautifully so. We do indeed have a loving, merciful, sovereign, mighty God. Praying for your family, Marie, & the families of all those affected.
“So, you still believe in a merciful God?” Some of the comments online are genuinely inquisitive, others are contemptuous in nature. Regardless of the motive behind the question, I will respond the same way.
Yes.
Yes, I do indeed.
Absolutely, positively, unequivocally.
Let’s get something straight: the theater shooting was an evil, horrendous act done by a man controlled by evil. God did not take a gun and pull the trigger in a crowded theater. He didn’t even suggest it. A man did.
In His sovereignty, God made man in His image with the ability to choose good and evil.
Unfortunately, sometimes man chooses evil.
I was there in theater 9 at midnight, straining to make out the words and trying to figure out the story line as The Dark NightRises began. I’m not a big movie-goer. The HH and I prefer to watch movies in the comfort…
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