Jesus says, “I came that they may have life, and have it abundantly.” (John 10:10)
Really, Jesus? About the typhoon from yesterday's New York Times: "The living told stories of the dead or dying - the people swept away in a torrent of seawater, the corpses strewn haphazardly among the wreckage. Photos from the hard hit city of Tacloban showed vast stretches of land swept clean of homes, and reports emerged of people who were desperate for food and water raiding aid convoys and stripping the stores that were left standing."
Can't reconcile terrible things with Jesus' good promises? The Bible's advice: "We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until now. And not only the creation, but we ourselves, who have the first fruits of the Spirit, groan inwardly as wait eagerly for adoption as sons, the redemption of our bodies. For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” (Romans 8:22-25)
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