When we are faced with hard questions like whether or not to abort a presumably severely disabled baby, even when there is clearly a sound heartbeat, can we not trust God enough to choose when that child should die? Or when we are faced with end of life “comfort measures” can we not trust God’s judgment on when that soul should finally cease to exist and become the spirit God intended for them to be? Must we take these life and death decisions into our own hands and play God? I think not! I believe we can and should trust God on these kinds of decisions and not take on ourselves the unnecessary guilt of the death of the innocent, which we will certainly have to deal with at some time in our lives, or if not, on Judgment day. God is a good God who we can trust with our own lives and with the lives of those we love. We may not understand why God chooses to allow suffering for a time, but if we trust God, the Spirit will help us discern right form wrong, good from evil, black from white.

Suffering seems to be the biggest stumbling block for many people who don’t understand why God allows such evil to exist. God allowed us freedom of will, not desiring forced worship. God wants friends who will serve out of their great love for their Almighty Sovereign God. God desires that we “choose this day whom we will serve” and to “choose life” for ourselves and for our fellow human beings. Certainly, we stumble and make mistakes where these issues are concerned; and God is certainly ready to forgive those who repent of their wrong choices. But for those who continually and repeatedly make these kinds of wrong choices, there is a judgment to face.