Where is God?

A week of tragedy ... first the Boston Bombing and now the explosion in West Texas. It is times like this that people often ask where is God? Why did he allow this to happen? And though I do not know all of the answers there are some things I know.

1.  God gives us free will. We have the choice, to live right, live for God and love other people. I can choose to live otherwise, I can choose to hurt and destroy. My free will effects other people. Whether I am gossiping, driving drunk or building bombs. My free will has far reaching effects on other people.

2.  There is sin in the world. Sin has consequences. There are spiritual consequences, social consequences, emotional consequences and physical consequences. There are people around us who in their selfishness and anger seek to hurt others. It is a consequences of choosing to live in sin.

3.  God is at work. We see Him at work in the First Responders who laid their lives down to try to save others. We see Him working through the people who give blood and organize events to help out. We see God's love being poured out in countless ways as we respond to these tragedies.

4.  God is big enough for this. He is big enough for the grief, fear, anger, confusion that we are experiencing. He is big enough, strong enough, wise enough, powerful enough and loving enough to walk us through this and bring us out better and stronger at the other end.

God is right here, right now. He is at work in us and through us as we seek His face. It is through Him that we will have the love, strength and grace to respond to these horrific events with hearts of compassion and hands that are willing to work.

God is here right where we need Him to be ....

Just Connie