Originally posted by leonheartmm
this is not meant to be offensive. please understand that. but the miracle you could have used was your son not dying and you not having grown up in crappy circumstances. however,i do think the reasons for your belief should be better than spending enough time with your son to make up. really, if god is who he is, he could have stopped all the things that happened to u, including ur son's death. whats the purpose of putting bandaid on a fatal wound? to bring you closer to him and make you "feal" the love of christ?frankly that is nonesense. you seem more like a person LOOKING for god than a person who GOD is looking for. your conclusions are created by yourself. and just think about his for a bit. if you losing your son, knpowing you would see him again in heaven was so hard? what of all the people who will PERMANENTLY loses people to an abyss more dreadful than a person's imagination. simply because the all LOVING god can not bear to have people in heaven who have not proclaimed jesus's divinity and death, in a world where no real evidence exists for that beleief{but eveyr kind of evidence exists against it}.
Man in the garden gave their God given authority over to the devil. I don't blame God for what man did. God just made a way to redeem mankind and to take that authority back from the devil.
I don't understand everything either, I only know that God is good, the devil is evil and we have a choice to whom we will believe and serve.
My son is in heaven, and that is more important to me than him living a long full life and going to hell for his rebellion. God could have done things differently, but so could I have.
There is a God and everyday the heavens declare His glory and the earth shows His handy work. It is the sin of man that is the blame for our ills. Jesus is the solution. I love Jesus more than anything and I love Him more every day and I just want others to be able to come into this wonderful relationship! I have peace and joy in my heart, many would give everything they have to just obtain this. I know Jesus is real because He lives in my heart. He comforts me when no one else can and gives me joy in the middle of my trials. I would not trade what He is offering me for all the riches of the world.
He offers man forgiveness, love, joy, peace, hope, mercy, and a future that is beyond anyones wildest imaginations! If we refuse what He offers, it is our own choice. The devil offers you temporary fun, and good times, empty relationships, maybe wealth, and sin of every kind. For this, at the end of your life, he will pay you with mocking and torture and pain beyond your wildest imagination.
Its your choice.
God does not send any human being to hell, they send themselves by their choice.