Even though bad things were going on in the world, I was assured by Sunday School teachers, my parents and relatives, that God didn’t make bad things happen. But I struggle, still, with a God that allows bad things to happen, who allows peace to be supplanted by utter confusion. Everywhere, there is chaos, and God is allowing it to happen. God did not cause it to happen, but God allowed it to happen, just as God allowed and always allows the worst storms to impact the people who can least withstand their winds and rain. Some of us are taught that we, the children of God, are co-creators with God, meaning God needs us to help God keep the world in order.

Source: Huffington Post December 01, 2017 20:31 UTC