WHEN GOD CALLS

People like me often question whether there is a God or not.

In life’s trials and tribulations, we don’t always come out on top! So we wonder: “Is there a God? Why did He let this happen?” We question the longevity of certain suffering, and the sometimes-painful conclusions. We might even wish to pick a fight with God, demand an answer, or give us a sign. We become self-centered!

Sometimes I wonder if I’m being punished for something I did in the past, or maybe it is the ‘sins of my father’ that went unpaid. Then I think about how righteous I am, how I sit on the moral side of the fence, and think that God is on my side, too! Just like everyone else in this world, I judge. But there really is no fence!

My judgments have brought me to the place where I am now. The moral currency is always being spent; it is unlimited, because it is minted in my mind. But the possibility to be morally right; is non-existent. There are so many variables, that to walk in everyone’s shoes is impossible. To be able to judge and make the right conclusion, we need to know what it means to everyone, not just ourselves.

Thank God for doctors and nurses, and people to help in crippled and deformed. They are doing what God intended us all to do. If we were all doing this work, in some degree, there would be no wars, no crimes, no hatred, because we would all understand, suffering. No man IS an isle, unto himself, because we are all suffering, and need each other. And, only a precious few respond.

So rather than ask God why things happen, rather than demand a sign or response, we should tell God what we did to let it happen as humans. I know sickness like cancer can’t be helped, but God gave us life and time; he gave us the human condition to contemplate and react to. When we suffer, we become teachers, and when we act or react to those kinds of things, we do God’s work. It’s God’s world, not ours.