sexy eyes's blog: "THE LOVE OF GOD"

I want to ask a question: Why? Why is there so much suffering in the world, if God is a God of love? Why do we face so many problems in our home and in our work, if God is a God of love? My mother taught me a passage of Scripture when I was a little girl: "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life" John 3: 16, NIV). But how do we reconcile that with all the trouble and suffering in the world? Many people thought that the fall of communism in Eastern Europe would eliminate war and that we would have world peace-that our problems would be solved. But we still have war; we still have hate. We still have pover­ty, disease, loneliness, boredom,psychological prob­lems, unemployment, racism and starvation. And we wonder why. Some people turn to drugs and alcohol to escape. Millions of people are depressed; they cry out,"The bottom has dropped out of my "world!" And more and more people are committing suicide. Why?Have you ever stopped to think about that? The Bible teaches that living inside your body is your spirit, your soul. That's the part of you that lives forever-in heaven or in hell. If you commit suicide, that doesn't end it.It only ends the life of your body. But your soul, your spirit, lives on forever. And Christ wants you to live in heaven. I cannot prove to you that God exists. But that does not mean that He's not real. The Bible teaches that He is the creator of the whole universe. He created you. And God reveals Himself to us in nature... In conscience and in the Scriptures... He also reveals Himself in the person of Jesus Christ. The Bible says that "In these lastdays [God] has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed heir of all things,and through whom he made the universe" (Hebrews 1:2, NIV). God created us; He also can fix us. And many of us need fixing. Our hearts are broken. Our minds are confused. We're discouraged. But you can come to God through Christ. He will fix you and restore you. The Bible also teaches that God never changes. Apostle James wrote that God "does not change like shifting shadows" (1: 17, NIV). That means that God has not changed as much as the batting of an eye lash. God is also a holy God. "The Lord is righteous in all his ways and loving toward all he has made" (psalm 145:17, NIV). Holy means that He has never commit­ted a sin or had a bad thought. He is a righteous God. He's also a God of judgment.The Bible says, "Man is destined to die once, and after that to face judg­ment"(Hebrews 9:27, NIV). Someday we will all stand before the judgment of God. Every secret thing that we've ever done will be brought out. But the Bible also teaches that God is love. And if you don't remember anything else, remember this: God loves you! He loves "you so much that He gave His Son to die and to take your judgment on the cross. But He took it for you because He loves you. God created man and woman. He put them in a beautiful paradise and said, "You can have all the fruit and all the vegetables and everything in this paradise, except one tree. It is the tree of the knowledge of good and evil. If you eat of that tree, you're going to suffer and die"(Cf. Genesis 2:16, 17). But Adam and Eve listened to the devil and ate the forbidden fruit. Immediately they were separated from God. Adam had sinned against God, and he contract­ed a disease called sin. His children inherited the same disease. It has passed from generation to generation, down to you and me. We've broken God's moral law. We've sinned against Him. The Bible says,"For all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God" (Romans 3:23, NIV). I'm guilty. You're guilty.