Does God Exist?
I was surfing through Christianster.com tonight, and I stumbled upon this profile who has this comment on her profile, and It really made me stop and read because of the title. I know this is not an accident why you are currently reading this, this might not move you at all, but I know God is telling you something. Please contininue reading:
Does God Exist?
A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed. As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation. They talked about so many things and various subjects.
When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said: “I don’t believe that God exists.”
“Why do you say that?” asked the customer.
“Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn’t exist. Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people? Would there be abandoned children? If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain. I can’t imagine a loving a God who would allow all of these things.”
The customer thought for a moment, but didn’t respond because he didn’t want to start an argument. The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop. Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard. He looked dirty and unkempt.
The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber: “You know what? Barbers do not exist.”
“How can you say that?” asked the surprised barber. “I am here, and I am a barber. And I just worked on you!”
“No!” the customer exclaimed. “Barbers don’t exist because if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.”
“Ah, but barbers DO exist! What happens, is, people do not come to me.”
“Exactly!”- affirmed the customer. “That’s the point! God, too, DOES exist! What happens, is, people don’t go to Him and do not look for Him. That’s why there’s so much pain and suffering in the world.”
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God never gives us more than we can handle.
It’s been awhile since my last post eh? Yeah, 2008 for me is kinda sad. Too many ups and downs, well mostly downs, especially with my love life. Over the past months, I’ve been through a lot, I mean a lot. It even affected my work, my everyday routines, my hobbies, almost everything. Things have happened on my personal life, sad things, that I felt I can’t handle. I’ll admit that I’ve been depressed, bitter, angry and confused as to why those things have happened to me, my love life. But God has reminded me of one phrase that our pastor and my family has been saying, God never gives us more than we can handle.
No temptation has seized you except what is common to man. And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can stand up under it. -1 Corinthians 10:13 (New International Version)
I know these problems will come to pass with the help of God, there’s no one I can turn to but Him. Things have happened when me and my girlfriend broke up, things that we thought could make us better persons, make us grow, but I was confused as to why they happen, mostly sad things. I know God has a plan behind all this, as the Bible says, God causes all things to work together for good.
I’m still on track of my plans, I never lose hope that someday we would end up together again. But I feel it’s not yet time. Experiences in life makes us grow, make us more mature and there’s more things I know would make us more better persons. You’re probably confused to what I am saying, my mind is not that stable now-a-days. I just make diversions to not think of those problems always.
New year, new beginning. I have to make myself better first, I want to loose weight, so that might be the first thing I would do to make me a better person. I’m 24 yet I feel there’s so much to learn in life. I would like to thank all those people who are close to me for being part of my life, espeically Daisy for being there to listen to me when I’m down, I’ve never regreted I chose you to be my closest friend whom I can share my ups and downs, thank you fren.
Well, that’s all about my 2008 and I’m now embracing 2009 with wishes of more blessings, health and hapiness.
Sometimes you’ve got to go through the pain, to experience the joy.
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