Thursday, September 24, 2009

A bear in the tent


I used to go canoeing and camping with my sons and sometimes we would encounter bears who would not leave us alone. If you had food in or near your tent then the bears would be there.
Suppose one of the boys told me that there was a bear in the tent. It would only take a moment for me to tell if that was the truth. However, if he said that there was a no-see-um in the tent then just because I couldn't see it doesn't mean that it wasn't there.
Likewise just because we cannot see a reason why God might allow something to happen doesn't mean there can't be one. Sometimes we may see the reason and other times we may not but because we cannot see doesn't prove that there wasn't a reason.

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