Sometimes I Wonder

Have you ever found yourself in such a miserable situation that you questioned whether you could work your way out of it, even with God’s help? Or have you ever been so resentful of evil people who are getting away with all kinds of bad things that you question why God doesn’t just wipe them out? Or do you read about the numerous innocent victims of hurricanes, tornadoes, and earthquakes and wonder why God doesn’t prevent those disasters from happening?

If so, you aren’t alone. If God is truly good and loving–I believe He is–why does He permit bad things to happen? I don’t think we’re going to find a satisfying explanation while we’re still living on earth. God’s ways are beyond our ability to understand. Better to hold on to questions like those till we get to Heaven.

But will we even get answers there? Heaven is a perfect place. It doesn’t have any of those things we question the existence of on earth. And I believe Heaven would be less than perfect if we could even remember the questions we wanted answered on earth.

What do you think?

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Sometimes I wonder why the righteous suffer,
And I make a mental note to ask God by and by.
But when I get to Heaven and meet Him face to face,
I know I will forget to ask, for Heaven is a perfect place-
With no memories of earthly pain.

Sometimes I wonder why the wicked prosper,
And I make a mental note to ask God by and by.
But when I get to Heaven and meet Him face to face,
I know I will forget to ask, for Heaven is a perfect place-
With no memories of earthly wrongs.

Sometimes I wonder why disasters happen,
And I make a mental note to ask God by and by.
But when I get to Heaven and meet Him face to face,
I know I will forget to ask, for Heaven is a perfect place-
With no memories of earthly woes,
And no memory of earthly wrongs,
And no memory of earthly pain,
And no memory of earth at all.

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About Roger E. Bruner

Seventy-nine-year-old Roger E. Bruner is the author and publisher of twenty-four Christian novels and the writer of more than two hundred Christian songs and choruses, a handful of musical dramas, and a number of shorter works. He sings, plays guitar and bass, and records many of his original songs in his home studio. He is active in his church and plays bass guitar on the praise team. Married for twenty-two years to Kathleen, he has one grown daughter, two grandsons, and one step-grandson. Roger enjoys reading, walking, photography and book cover design (he's done all of his own except for Rosa No-Name), playing Snood and Solitaire, and complaining about the state of the nation while continuing to pray for it.

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