01/31 Luke 13:1-2
About this time Jesus was informed that Pilate had murdered some people from Galilee as they were sacrificing at the Temple in Jerusalem. 2 “Do you think those Galileans were worse sinners than other people from Galilee?” he asked. “Is that why they suffered?
BLIND
The world is dead in their trespasses and sin, blind to the things of God. Suffering is a very complex event and we cannot stand in judgment of the why of suffering because we have such a small amount of information about it. We are cause and effect folks and we want to see the cause and assume the effect. Life doesn’t work that way. The weaves life together in such a way that pain and suffering is avoided at any cost. We fear it and yet it is a normal part of life. Do not fear suffering when the Lord is with you. Do not fear.