Can the child understand why his father is slapping his face?
Of course not. He’s only three years old. His father, through tears, says “I love you, son.” But if this is love, the boy doesn’t want any more of it. Even though the child isn’t able to understand, the father is acting in his best interests. What the father is doing is good. It appears to be out of line with what the child knows about his loving father. But what the child thinks of as cruelty is actually kindness. His father is doing what is best for him. Is it possible that God is showing his love in the midst of human suffering, and that like three year old children, we sometimes don’t understand? (By the way, during her illness, our friend Mary came to faith in Christ, and a short time later died. I believe with all my heart I’ll see her again in heaven.) Because we lack omniscience, holiness, justice and love, we are unqualified to pronounce judgment on God. After Job has questioned God about why he has allowed him to undergo suffering, we’re told in Job 38, “Then the LORD answere
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