"I Will Never Leave You Orphans"

If God can do anything –why are there even orphans in the world?

Well – from my understanding – God doesn’t cause evil or suffering – humans do. Evil exists in the world because of the fall in the Garden of Eden. Evil exists as a result of a void of love.

But why or how can two parents leave their child abandoned into the hands of strangers?

Usually – for reasons that are caused by evil which lead the parents to suffering – I believe one reason people still cause other people suffering is because they themselves don’t feel loved –they feel unloved and wounded.

If two parents are full of love for their child – will they not lay down their life for that child?

Yet – in order to do so – in order to be full of love – parents must know how loved they are – they must know of the Father’s unfailing love – so that this love may overflow onto their children and those around them. It’s not easy – it’s not simple – but when people know how loved they are – they are willing to lay down their lives for anyone.

Jesus was only able to die on the cross because He knew what great love the Father bestowed upon him. We have evidence Jesus knew of this great love when he cried out, “My God – why have You forsaken me?” In order to have felt forsaken – it means Jesus must have felt the unfailing love of His Father.

And we have seen what a love like this can do – this kind of love can compel one person to radically change the world – to lay down his life for the entire world.

May we all know what great love the Father bestows upon us and may this love overflow from us onto the whole world. May we know we will never be left or forsaken by Our Father in Heaven.