02292020 quotes

Do things for people not because of who they are

Or what they do in return, but because of who you are.

- Harold S. Kushner

God is the light shining in the midst of darkness,

Not to deny that there is darkness in the world but

To reassure us that we do not have to be afraid of

The darkness because darkness will always yield

To light.

As theologian David Griffin puts in,

God is all-powerful; His power enables people to deal

With events beyond their control and He gives us the

Strength to do those things because He is with us.

- Harold S. Kushner

I don’t know why one person gets sick, and another does not,

But I can only assume that some natural laws which we don’t

Understand are at work.

I cannot believe that God “sends” illness to a specific person

For a specific reason.

I don’t believe in a God who has a weekly quota of malignant

Tumors to distribute, and consults His computer to find out who

Deserves one most or who could handle it best.

“What did I do to deserve this?” is an understandable outcry

From a sick and suffering person, but it is really the wrong question.

Being sick or being healthy is not a matter of what God decides

That we deserve.

The better question is “If this has happened to me,

What do I do now, and who is there to help me do it?”

… It becomes much easier to take God seriously as the source

Of moral values if we don’t hold Him responsible for all the

Unfair things that happen in the world.
- Harold S. Kushner

Jesus said, “The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill,

And to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they

May have it more abundantly.” (John 10:10)

God is not the cause of sin, disease, terrorism, death, heartaches etc …

The “thief” represented by Satan or the Devil IS THE CAUSE! …

Neither Jesus Christ nor God our Heavenly Father.

- Hayden Childs