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The Gift of Life
I contemplated my Father’s good words yet could not understand why one of such
love would permit or condone for some hidden purpose mankind’s infliction of suffering, death and
destruction upon itself.
So I called out to Him. “Father, why do you permit atrocities against the
innocent?”
And He replied,
“Do I commit such acts
– or do you?” Then, He posed a final question. “Will any fewer be dead in a thousand years?”
We cannot glorify killing in thought or in deed, yet claim
to abhor death. Know that God does not deem life, the greatest gift of all,
a thing to be cut short or experienced through suffering. Why then do we hold this gift in so little esteem? Death is not pleasing to God. You must not seek to kill, and you must not seek to die. He places value not in death but in the active pursuit of His way in life to the betterment of all.
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Do not view pain, suffering and death as paths to God for they are not. Do not seek to demonstrate your love for Him through suffering or martyrdom, but through faithful adherence to His Law, service to others, and the protection of life.
Suffering is not a path – it is a condition of life. Death is not a path – it is an end to service.
Do not aspire to be closer to God in death if you spurn His way in life. Do not expect to find in darkness what you have not sought in the light. Rather, rejoice that He is near you now, and live according to His word for that is the surest way to find Him.
The paradise many seek is
life itself work to fulfill its promise.
The God you seek is already at your side.
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