Yesterday, I blogged about God's omnipotence The One True Faith: God's Omnipotence (theonetruefaith-faith.blogspot.com). Everybody interprets that attribute as powerful might. What if we're wrong? Suppose God is omnipotent in love. Wouldn't that explain the evil we see in our world? We ask why God doesn't do something.
He doesn't "fix" wrongs the way we would. He accompanies us. We're supposed to fix. What about death? We can't fix that. But God is there through it all. He doesn't leave us.
Today, my "cloistered brothers" discussed "suffering." We read an article in Suffering in the Christian Life, edited by Richard W. Miller. Specifically, we focused on Elizabeth A. Dreyer's article, "Suffering in the Christian Life and Experience." The suffering we talked about is emotional. Think of the suffering of Judas and Peter, for betraying Jesus.
Think of the suffering of people who have been fired. Think of the humiliating emotions of people who have failed--lost their medical license, failed in teaching, been disbarred. It's suffering. How about mothers estranged from their children? How about government agencies taking away your children because you're a bad mother?
These are examples of suffering where God is with us.
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