I woke up about 6:00 this morning and I felt like I needed to pray for Haiti, so I did. Now I know why. I just got up about 15 minutes ago to see that Haiti had another quake. I know it was God who woke me to pray. Although I was praying for Haiti, my focus was on the Hotel where there are 19 American's still trapped. They don't know if they are dead or alive because no one has gone there to try and see. They say the reason is, they don't have the heavy equipment to move the cement. I find it remarkable that we would not go there first, at least try to see if they can do something.
PRAY FOR HAITI, PRAY FOR OUR FELLOW AMERICANS still trapped and help where you can.
I don’t see how the people who say it is not God, are any different than the people who say it is God. How do you know? Did God tell you it wasn’t Him?
God may be slow to anger, but that slowness is not infinite. There is a long list of Scriptures where God is on record as using nature to punish nations.
I see your point that it is Satan who tempted man into sin and thus Satan is to blame for sin and the earth being cursed. But it is also God who judges man and nations, and who ultimately judges sin. It is God who placed the curse on the earth. And it is God who teaches us about spiritual illness and death through physical illness and death.
Even if this was not directly God, and just a natural occurrence due to the laws that God put in place, God still knew it was going to happen. Your own post acknowledges that when you say God woke you up before it happened to pray. God is not powerless. At the very least, God allowed this to happen.
Why? I don’t know. God is far wiser than me and I trust Him. He allowed Israel to be captured and thrown into captivity so that a remnant might be saved. Apparently even the remnant would have been lost spiritually, if God had done nothing.
God does indeed grieve for the lost souls. God also says He repays evil with evil and His spirit will not always strive with man. God will not tolerate evil forever. He prefers evil be destroyed through repentance, but He has other means.
I can’t say whether it was God or not. But I think the world should sit up and take notice. We are not guaranteed tomorrow, whether we are an archbishop or the poorest of the poor.
This is a horrible story which just keeps getting worse.
I don’t think I have ever felt a greater need for prayer.
Is this the Montanta Hotel, because they were still there last night, I know that is the hotel that housed the missing college students. The families have been all over the TV, is is beyond sad...
Just curious - you say you were awakened at 6 - what time zone? Personal page says MI; that’s 1 or 2 time zones off from Haiti, which would make me think you prayed at least an hour after the fact.
Another thing. The OP was not “blaming God” by her comment. She was simply calling out, if you will.
God woke you up so you would pray to Him? Circular just a bit?
I agree with you. I praise God for everything good and I blame satan and the evil forces for every suffering? People have asked me why and I say “because God gave me everything good in my life, like my children, which proves he wants nothing but happiness for me. Evil is diametrically opposed to that and wants nothing but suffering, deception, and pain. I also believe God is grieving at the suffering in the world more than any of us are.