WHY does God allow us to go through pain??
You may have heard this before and then again, maybe you haven't.
I for one believe this is one of the BEST explanations/ answers to the question....
WHY does God allow us to go through pain?
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop
Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.
He looked dirty and unkept. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist!
That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
BE BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS !!!!!!! Let them know there IS a true and living God!
I for one believe this is one of the BEST explanations/ answers to the question....
WHY does God allow us to go through pain?
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.
They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the customer.
"Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.
The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop
Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.
He looked dirty and unkept. The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed. "Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer. "That's the point! God, too, DOES exist!
That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.
That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world."
BE BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS !!!!!!! Let them know there IS a true and living God!
Comment
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Comment by PASTOR CHARLES E BELL JR on June 25, 2009 at 4:09pm
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THIS SHOW COULD BE ON AND YOU WOULDN"T LIKE THE OUT COME BUT I WILL LET YOU FIGHT YOUSELF I HAVE PUT IT IN GOD HAND NOT BECAUSE AS YOU SAY I GOOFY(SMILE ) BUT BECAUSE I"M SAVE AND WANT TO BUILD YOU UP AND (NOT TEAR YOU DOWN AS THE DEVIL WOULD.) IT WOULD BE TOO EASILY, I"M WITH TARA (I PRAYING FOR YOU mORHEN ) FROM THIS SO CALL PREACHER 2X AND THIS IS NOT GOD LIKE.BUT MOST OF ALL YOU NEED TO PRAY FOR YOURSELF.
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Comment by Tara Robinson on June 25, 2009 at 12:23pm
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I am PRAYING for you.
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Comment by Eric Hancock on June 24, 2009 at 6:14pm
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NO UGLINESS TARMEQUE...LOl...
I said that we would behave
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I thank everyone,,and Pastor Bell through the spirit ,,dont worry about if we understand the Holy Spirit is out interpreter
Rev.Luckett your late but always with the right words..LOL and I agree to God be the Glory
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Pastor Bell thank you for that. Rev you always know how to bring it home and as you said Tarmeque it is not about us but God to get the glory. God bless.
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WELL SAID , WELL SAID, THANK YOU REV.LUCKETT IT WAS SAID IN LOVE
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Comment by T.L. Hawkins on June 24, 2009 at 11:05am
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Well said Rev. Luckett. We need to be careful of the decisions WE make without consulting the Father.
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Thank you Pastor Bell. I seek NO apologies. My concern is for the BABES reading this as well as the folks who come here seeking guidance and teaching from these two men that are here. I pray this situation is resolved so we can move on with the teaching and learning of the word. UNITY is necessary in the BODY right now. Why are we wrestling with each other? I've asked this question over and over. Listen folks, it's not about us, but it's about this war that we are DEEP in right now. Ephesians 6:11-13 says...11)Put on the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to stand against the wiles of the devil. 12) For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places. 13)Wherefore take unto you the whole armour of God, that ye may be able to withstand in the evil day, and having done all, to stand.!!!!
Are we not in a war daily? Are we dressed in our armour? Are we fighting? Who are we fighting?
Work TOGETHER for the MOST HIGH, not against one another! SIMPLY!
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MOREH THIS SO-CALL PASTOR IS PRAYING FOR YOU . IF YOU THINK WE ARE ATTACKING YOU I APOLOGIZE. IT NOT YOU WE COME AGAINST BUT THAT OF THE EVIL ONE THE DEVIL. MY HOPE IS THIS THAT YOU LOOK AT YOUSELF AND TRULY SEE IF YOUR GOD AT WORK. AS I SAID BEFORE NO ONE IS PERFECT , YOU NOR I OR NO ONE ON BPN . I PRAY THAT YOU AND YOUR WIFE WORK THING OUT AND IF ANY THING IS WRONG BE MAN ENOUGH AND CHANG YOU WAYS I CANT SAY YOU R DOING IT OR NOT BUT YOU HAVE A WISE WIFE SO TREAT HER AS A QUEEN. THERE IS TO MANY BLACK FAMILY APART AS IT IS. MORHEN TREAT HER RIGHT THATS A REAL MAN I DONT CARE WHAT GOD YOU SERVE AND THAT TO ANY ONE WHO MISTREAT THERE SPOUSE... AGIAN MORHEN HATE IS NO WERE IN MY HEART FOR YOU. BUT I HATE TO SEE SOME KNOWING OR UNKNOWING ATTACK ANOTHER PERSON AND THIS IS NOT THE FIRST SITE THIS HAVE HAPPEN AND (YES I AM NOT THE BEST TYPEST) SOORY IAM NOT PERFECT LIKE MORHEN AS I SAID I HAVE A SEC. WHO DOES MY TPYING FOR ME AND IAM SORRY IF YOU DONT HAVE THE TIME TO SLOW DOWN AND READ IT. ERIC STAY ENCOUARGE, TARA STAY ENCOURAGE AND EVEN YOU MORHEN STAY ENCOURAGE THIS HAVE GONE ON TOO LONG LET FORGIVE ,MEND AND MOVE ON AGAIN TO ALL THE BABES IN CHIRST I AM SORRY IF THIS HAVE BECOME A STUMBLING BLOCK, FORGIVE US ALL ....CHIRST IS LOVE ,SOMETIMES WE DONT NEED THE GOD TO FIND US, WE NEED TO REFIND HIM CAUSE HE IS NEVER LOST BUT WE TAKE OUR EYES OFF OF HIM AND HIS WORK FOR US (TO SAVE THOSE WHO IS LOST.) SO I MUST BE ABOUT MY FATHER BUESSINESS.....MS HAWKINS I AM SORRY AND APOLOGIZE TO YOU ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US AND REE REE THANK FOR THE REMINDER WE NEED THEM . NOW MAY GOD GET THE GLORY THAT HE IS DUE FOR IT ALL ABOUT HIM AND NOT US. GOD HUMBLE PEACHER PASTOR DR. CHARLES E BELL JR. THIS WHO I AM
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