Posted on 09/02/2017 6:59:35 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
Regardless of where one builds, it will be subjected to nature.
It was there when nature was also subject to the effects of the fall of Adam and Eve.
The writer also forgets that maybe God’s patience is starting to run a little thin.
No kidding.
But don’t build in a flood plain or on the coast below sea level and then whine when it floods and try to blame God for it.
Or better yet, learn from the Dutch who took back land from the sea.
Ezekiel 36 16-17a,18-28.
I remember a FRper posted a week ago that Houston is the location of the largest Planned Parenthood in the country. The writer should look into it.
Human mortal life on earth is the real “valley of the shadow of death”, and the thing to remember is, as we have been told:
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.”
That is the understanding we need, and can have, more than whether or not G-d will reach out to prevent some calamity coming toward us. We need to remember G-d will be with us, all the time, and even in the worst of times.
Fwiw, Harvey was not the first hurricane to hit this area and it won't be the last.
God gave us the tools to observe and understand these things for ourselves, along with the free will to choose to live wherever we choose to live, but to also live with the consequences of our choices.
From nature's point of view, what are the benefits of or what could be the purpose of a flood?
So God decided to do some indiscriminate killing of those who prayed in Houston and those who did not. Nice. What vengeance against the innocent.
Is that what it is going to be like at the pearly gates:
"Sorry, bub. You were a complete devotee to the Christian cause, but alas, you lived next door to three atheists. Down you go."
Fair question and one many Christians will ask God to answer.
Here are the logical options as I see them
There are no logical options for a finite person to apprehend an infinite God.
If you wish to amuse God, tell him of your plans.
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