THE LORD ALLOWS EVILS AND SINS

When the Lord created the universe and humankind, He gave us the freedom to choose for or against a love relationship with Him. If He had not done this, we all would have been like puppets on a string, expressing love to God on His command. How revolting this would have been!

So every time we think about God, we can be happy that His love is not selfish, and that the attraction of His love is wonderful but not compelling.

When He gave us freedom, He allowed evil and sin into the world. He gave up the possibility of interfering with that freedom. He gave up the idea of capriciously stopping people from committing evils and sins.

For example, many people are totally selfish and continually destroy love relationships with others. They commit adultery, they murder, they steal and they lie. We see this happen today and in the past.

Of course, this behavior has its victims. Every day we are burying abused children, raped women and gang murdered innocent bystanders. Every day the news tells about people who have been burglarized and cheated.

If the Lord were to interfere with every evil act and stop it, we would not have any crime victims, but we also would not have our freedom. Without that freedom we can not establish a love relationship with God, we can not change and improve, we cannot reach a state of heaven. Therefore, the Lord permits evil and sin and all its horrible consequences but ONLY IN SO FAR AS IT CAN BE BENT TO GOOD!

No evil or sinful act is allowed if it would interfere with the victim's love relationship with God and with his fellow creatures. Evil brings pain and misery, even to those who did not commit it, but this pain can still be used to bring about positive results. "Our scars can become stars". If victims work with God, they can turn their pain into gain.

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