The end of days

Recently something happened in my life that has caused me to stop and reflect on what it means to be God.

This movie crew was working on a film about a real life situation. It is based on the true story of this really horrific event that happened in a young woman's life. How I became involved in it is a very long story and I will spare you those details. I was sitting outside the building where the filming was taking place because to be inside was too difficult (emotionally and spiritually). Knowing what was being acted out, I was reminded that just a few miles away from where I was there were real life situations just like this one happening.

Lives were being ended and lives were being destroyed. I began to think "how can one human being do this to another human being?" It was sunny and the sun felt good but a very cold north wind was blowing. I felt frozen in that place, not wanting to go in the building and not wanting to stay outside. Then I asked myself, "how can God allow this to continue?" He sees it all, in every city, state, and country. He sees horrible miss justice to innocent lives all over the world and all at one time. How can He take it all in? Why does He allow it to continue? How can He possibly tolerate the way His creation has turned against Him and each other?

I can only hope that while He sees all the horror He also sees humans having compassion on other humans. And perhaps, right now, the compassion events out number the horror events and so He allows life as we know it to go on. Maybe someday in the future, a day that only God knows, when He destroys this earth and the heavens as we know them, maybe that day is the day when the horror events will out numbers the compassion events.

Maybe. We can't really know for sure why or when God will say "I've had enough." All I know is that God has more patience and understanding than I'll ever have.


Matthew 24:35-36
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will not pass away. "But of that day and hour no one knows, not even the angels of heaven, nor the Son, but the Father alone."