One of the most confusing questions I get asked after our daughter died at birth is, "How can you still believe in God? How can you still believe He's good?" And I always think, "How could I not?" I'm not sure what it gains me to give up on God, but I am sure that He has the words of eternal life. We're committed, we've made up our minds, we're confident in who He is. In this episode, we explore how God's character and track record are more than enough to convince me of his goodness.
LINKS FROM THIS WEEK’S EPISODE
10 Ways to Comfort Friends While They Grieve
Goodness of God - Bethel Music
Intro/Outro Music: Fighting Words by Ellie Holcomb
QUOTES
“The question wasn’t ever really, “Is He good?” It’s “Is He God?” Because if I believe he is who he says he is, his goodness is so baked into his nature that you can’t separate the two.”
“If He’s not good, He’s not God.”
“It’s only in Book 7 that you understand Dumbledore’s sacrifice in Book 6.
It’s only when the famine comes that you see the purpose in Joseph’s slavery years before.
And it’s only because of Sunday that we can call Friday good.”
“When people tell me they couldn’t believe in God if he let this happen to them, I always wonder, so at what point does the suffering become too personal? You can believe in a God who allows something terrible to happen to me as long as it doesn’t happen to you? What about your family? Your best friend? Who is allowed to suffer for God to still be good if He’s not good when it happens to you?”