If you are saying - "ISIS?" - that is exactly my point. Maybe you haven't heard what's going on over in Syria and Iraq. Maybe you didn't hear about 'a big protest outside the capitol' a couple weeks ago. Google it, do something to teach yourself about what is happening. I'm upset because children, men, women are being beheaded and paraded around and yet, Robin Williams trends.
Beyond that, I'm not going to say anything else because I'll regret it. I try to avoid speaking out of anger and that's what I would most surely do. As you learn about what is happening with ISIS, you, like many, may find yourself asking - "Where is God?" Perhaps you look at Robin Williams and ponder his situation, his death, and wonder - "Where was God?"
An excellent question. One I don't know if I have an answer for, but as I was journaling, words found their way onto a page that seemed to make sense in light of that question. Since I have nothing else to offer you but my thoughts and words, I share. I offer no concrete why or why not, I do not claim to fully understand or understand at all. I will simply share and allow you to take it however you will.
"I see the hurt and terror in Iraq and Syria - and I wonder why. Why would You let people rape, behead, and torture others; children, babies, men, women. Then I realize that like Your love, free will does not discriminate. You let every one of us choose our own actions. You let us choose whether or not to love You in return, You do not force us to love or serve You, just as You do not force us to love others. We all make choices; I don't pretend to understand how or why people choose what they do - to love You or behead a child. All I understand is that we are all free to choose our actions. Just as we are free to choose our response to the actions of others."
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