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Suffer Little Children
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As Director of Big Brother - Big Sister Program of Scioto County we encountered some sad situations in the lives of the children in our area who were from broken homes. One of many broken homes that came to us looking for companionship for their children lived way out in the country. There were three children, two boys and a girl. One of the boys was 16 and the younger was 11, the girl was 14. Their father died from a long time illness, which left the mother all alone to finish raising the children on her own.
It was a sad funeral, but with the family, friends and people cerounding them, it helped fill the void in their lives for a little while. After everyone was gone and they were left alone in their farm house for the first time. They realized that dad wasn't coming back home, it hit them hard. The children didn't know what to do with themselves. Mom had to go to work and the children had to look out for each other. The children were having problems and mom didn't know what to do about it.
She began dating other men hoping that they would maybe take the children under their wing, so to speak. She didn't realize that going to bars was a bad place to look. The men started coming to her home, but the only one they paid attention to was the mother. They didn't do what she had hoped they would do and do things with her children. They became abusive to her, they cursed the children and said bad things to them about their deceased father.
She would run them off and tell them not to come back, but it didn't do any good. She heard about Big Brother and Sister and she thought she would check into it for her children. She came to my office for help. We had a long talk and signed them up before she left the office. We started seeking big brothers and a big sister for them, but when they heard about the drinking and men coming to their house, it was hard to find anyone. People didn't want to get mixed up in something like that. She came to late, if she had come to us in the beginning there might have been some hope for them.
She started sleeping with a shot-gun under her bed in fear for her and her children's lives. She even started taking the children somewhere else to stay for a while, but it did no good, they would find her and cause problems where she was staying. So she went back home. Things were bad. Her oldest son started hanging out with some of his friends that weren't such good friends. Some of them were bad company to keep. Mom always told me that friends didn't get you in trouble, they helped you stay out of trouble. His friends weren't like that. They did things that would get a body in trouble.
The driver, who was high on something was hurt but came out of it ok, the boy was killed instantly. A few weeks late the girl was thrown through the windshield of another car that wrecked. I think the younger brother lived long enough to join the military.
The Lord only knows how many families there are in the same boat. A spouse passes away, and the one left behind doesn't know what to do. How will the bills get paid? How will they take care of the children? They need someone to help, their spouse always took care of this or that. After a time they become lonely, they miss their companion. They begin to look for something or someone to help them get their life together and help them to forget. So it begins, the parties, bar hopping, drinking, the boy or girl friends coming to the house and the children are the ones to suffer. One day they look at themselves in the mirror and say, "What am I doing, I never done this before. What am I doing? The children doesn't deserve this. I have to pull myself together."
If only they would take a deep breath, sit back and think about it before they do something they would regret for the rest of their lives. There are all kinds of programs like Big Brother & Sister and others they could go to for help. There are counselors to go to for advise and guidance. In the bible it says In Isaiah 9:6 For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor, The mighty God, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace. No matter what happens to us in life the instruction guide {the Bible} that was left for us to follow has the answer to all our problems and we should use it.
We can't blamed God for the existence of suffering.
If we believe that all suffering results from a person's own sin, and if we see good people suffering, we may be tempted to blame God or to think He is not keeping His promises. But we have learned that all people suffer, whether or not they are righteous.
The command to endure suffering is just another part of a Christian's life, like the command to study the Bible, pray, worship, etc. Faithful Christians of all ages have suffered; we are not the only ones. We should expect suffering to come, so our faith will not be shaken when it does.
The ultimate and primary blame for suffering rests on Satan who tempts people to sin and thereby brought sin into the world. The secondary blame rests upon people, ourselves included, who have given in to temptation and committed sin that led to suffering.
Yes, God did create suffering as a punishment for sin, but only after He had given people a life without problems and had warned them of the consequences of sin. When they chose to sin, He should no more be blamed for punishing them than a parent should be blamed when he must punish a rebellious child. (Cf. James 1:13,15.)
Remember, if you blame God and reject Him because you are suffering, then you are doing exactly what Satan wants you to do. He has defeated you! The only way to defeat Satan and really overcome hardship is to maintain your faithfulness to God in spite of it.
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Some suffering is simply because of temptation.
Job 1:1-2:10 expressly states that Job's suffering was a temptation from Satan. He hoped that, because he was suffering, Job would turn away from God.
Many other passages teach that Satan is responsible for the suffering of other people. (See 2 Cor. 12:7-10; Luke 13:16; Acts 10:38).
Lessons We Should Learn
Suffering is not limited to those who are wicked.
Some people think that only wicked people suffer, but God is on the side of the righteous and will remove all their troubles. It follows that, if a person is suffering, he must have committed some sin he should repent of.
This was the theory of Job's friends (Job 4:7-9); disproving this idea is a main theme of that book. This same false doctrine is taught by many "faith healers" who teach people that God must remove all their problems if they are right with Him.
But we have learned that even righteous people suffer. This is important for the following reasons:
* We should not conclude that we have been guilty of sin every time we have a problem. Maybe we are suffering because of sin, so we should examine our lives. But maybe we are suffering for other reasons, perhaps because we are righteous.
* We should surely never reject a Bible teaching just because it may lead to suffering. If all suffering was the result of our own sin, and if a course of action led to suffering, then we would conclude it was a sinful act. But we have learned that godly people often suffer for doing right.
* We should not become Christians thinking it will automatically solve all our problems. If this is our motive, we may fall away when the hardships come.
But the main lesson to learn is the next point:
All people suffer as a result of Adam and Eve's sin.
God originally placed Adam and Eve in a state of bliss with no problems of any kind. But He warned them of the consequences of sin. When they sinned anyway, He decreed they would endure pain, suffering, hardship, and eventual death (Gen. 3:16-19). All people since that time have endured these same problems. In particular, because of Adam, all people die (1 Cor. 15:22; Heb. 9:27). Much of the suffering people endure, therefore, cannot be attributed to particular sin committed by anyone now living. It is just the common lot of mankind because sin is in the world. This does not mean, as some teach, that people today are born guilty of Adam's sin or will be eternally punished for it (Ezek. 18:20; 2 Cor. 5:10). But we do suffer in this life because of it.
Sometimes innocent people suffer as a result of others sin.
This may result from cruelty or accident, as when innocent bystanders are killed by a drunken driver, or when a thief violently attacks his victims.
In other cases wicked people may harm righteous people because they resent them. This kind of religious persecution is described in many verses.
1 Peter 2:19-23 - Jesus is an example of one who committed no sin at all, yet He was persecuted and killed by wicked men. So we may follow His example and suffer, not for our faults, but when we do good.
John 15:18-20 - The treatment Jesus received should warn us of the treatment we can expect. The world hated Him and persecuted Him, and it will do the same to His servants.
2 Corinthians 11:23-26 - Paul's life shows that Jesus' followers truly often are persecuted.
2 Timothy 3:10-12 - All who live godly in Christ shall suffer persecution.
(See also 1 Peter 4:12-16; Heb. 11:35-38; 1 Thess. :2-4; Acts 14:22; John 16:33; Gen. 50:20)
There are several reasons, not just one reason, why people suffer.
Sometimes people suffer as a result of their sins.
King Saul lived a miserable life and eventually was slain because he had rebelled against God (1 Chron. 10:13,14). Judas killed himself because he had betrayed Jesus (Matthew 27:3-5). Likewise today, alcoholics may develop disease, thieves may be imprisoned, etc.
Some people think this is the only reason people ever suffer, but we will see that it is not.
He started drinking himself. He thought since mom was doing it, he could do it too. He was getting into trouble at school and not doing his home work. His mother tried to tell him to stay away from some of his friends and he told her not to pick his friends for him.
One evening after school when he got off the bus at his home, he started walking up the long path to his home when one of his friends pulled up in his car. He was high on something and he ask the boy to go joy riding with him. He gave his books to his brother and sister to take to the house for him and he got in the car. The dirt and dust filled the air as they pulled out of the drive and down the highway at a high rate of speed.
The driver must have been out of his mind because when they came to the stop sign going out into the highway, they didn't even try to slow down. The car entered the main highway, hit the guardrail on the other side, flipped over and landed on it's top.
By a Unwise Mother
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