Where to start…
I’ve been thinking about this a lot lately. I don’t know the answers and don’t know if anyone really does.
How many times have you said that you are blessed? Whether it’s because you have healthy children, get a new job, have a great spouse who treats you well, get a raise, get over an illness, etc. etc. etc. I’m not disputing that you are blessed or that I am blessed, I just don’t understand why you (or I) would receive these blessings while someone else is suffering. For instance. I feel blessed because I have a wonderful wife and healthy children and on top of that I have a good job, home, etc. But why me? I certainly haven’t done anything to deserve any special blessings over anyone else. How about that child down the street or blocks away or in Thailand or anywhere else who is being sexually abused? Why are they not getting these same blessings? Is it their parents fault? Can a child carry the burden of being punished for a parent’s wrong? That child may be praying to God, asking Jesus to help them and yet still be abused day in and day out. So how can I say that I’m blessed for no reason while that child suffers for no reason?
I have a lot of Christian friends who are always posting on Facebook and such about how good God is and how they are blessed. I do it too. My problem of understanding is why? As the Bible says, we can’t buy our way to heaven with deeds and we are all undeserving of God’s blessings, so why are some so blessed while others suffer? Saying that it’s man’s free will that makes us suffer isn’t logical in my mind. Not when you compare those who are blessed for no reason (like me) and those who suffer daily for no reason. Using that logic, it’s completely moronic for us to ask for anything like a better day tomorrow when we had a hard day at work or had the flu. If we suffer because of our own shortcomings how are the degrees reached?
I think about this and find it so idiotic when I hear people, like the woman at the ballgame the other night, praying for her son to catch a pass in the game. The first thing that came to mind was, lady, there are soldiers fighting for their lives and for your freedom somewhere around the world right now. Why in the hell would you bother God with something so superficial as that? And in public no less.
That kind of thing aside, I don’t get it. Tell me where my fallacy is here. Explain how it works to me and why it works that way. I can’t believe that I am blessed while someone else suffers for no reason. What am I missing?