Is there a loving God?

If there is God, why so much pain and suffering in this world
ask people who have no faith
If there is no God, how come so much good happening in this world
question those who put their faith in a God.
Who are we Lord to question Your existence or absence
with our limited knowledge and understanding?

Can an ant fathom the proceedings of a human being?
Or can it analyse the strategy of human thinking for it's extermination
No, it cannot and will not
And, so are we, in our finite mind and ability before Sovereign God
then why do we waste arguing about His goodness or justice in matters
we neither understand nor foresee with our human resources.

The source of evil is not the absence of a loving God
but the freedom He gave to the mankind in His love
Because He didn't want us to be His puppets
He gave us the freedom to choose good and evil
The pain, suffering and the evil on earth are nothing
but the results of our doing and our choice of the freedom given
Yes, it's easy to point upwards for all the mishaps we face on this earth
than to accept and acknowledge our part in the play that has turned tragic

So, let us take time to examine ourselves before judging the love of God
And see how we could repair the damage and represent His love and mercy
so that others would acknowledge the existence of a loving God
because we became His hands and feet to reveal His goodness to the world!

Why, why...Oh why my Lord?

Why, why....Oh  why my Lord?
Why was the question many of us asked
when we learned to talk in the tender years of toddler hood
And why is the question we ask even today in our graying years of life
Many of us would go to our graves still asking the question why?

If we could find answers to all the whys we ask
Who knows, we may not even turn to God to worship
that may be the reason, God has kept our questions unanswered at times
and made us to realize the limitation of our thinking and doing.

How can we not ask the question why
When we see what's going around us in this world
Why do some suffer so much and for too long
while some rarely know even the pinch of pain
Why do so many children cry out in hunger
while some kids in another part of the world diet to keep in shape
Why do kids growing up amidst abuse, hunger and violence
put in jail for stealing to survive or put food on the table for family to eat
while those in higher ranking stay free out in the world
 in spite of mega crime and corruption they've committed

Why, why oh why
That's why the world in hunger and injustice are crying out today
Politicians have failed them; religion have failed them
with no one to give them the answer and no one to come to their aid
they have turned their question to You, Sovereign God
Because they cannot see or hear You to find answer to their misery
they keep doing what they know to do and go on crying which no one see or hear.

Is it fair or is it right, my righteous God?
That's my question for You today
It's easy for me to tell the poor and abandoned, to trust in God and to take comfort
But, if I'm in their shoes, I too would snort and walk away
for if no godly want to look at me and love me not in words, but in  action
I wouldn't want to love and trust their God either.

Hear my Prayer, O Lord

"Hear, and O Lord and answer me,
  for I am poor and needy.
 Guard my life for I am devoted to You.
 You are my Lord ; save Your servant
  who trusts in You.
Have mercy on me, O Lord,
  for I call to you all day long.
Bring joy to Your servant,
  for to You , O Lord
I lift up my soul.

You are  forgiving and good , O Lord,
abounding in love to all who call to You.
Hear my prayer, O Lord;
listen to my cry for mercy,
 In the day of my trouble I will call to you
for you will answer me.
                          (Psalm 86:1-7)

The Offering

"Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom
  and knowledge of God1
 How unsearchable his judgments
 and His paths beyond tracing out!
Who has known the mind of the Lord?
Or who has been His counselor?
Who has ever given to God
that God should repay him?
For from Him and through Him and to Him
are all things.
To Him be the glory forever! Amen"
                                      (Doxology)

The glory belongs to God and not to me
for whatever good or great I do
it's through Him and by Him, I do
It's in His strength, I'm able to do the impossible
It's by His grace, I'm able to walk in love and share love
It's in His wisdom, I look life and the world with a different perspective
It's in His mercy, I learned to show mercy to others
So, without Him, I'm nothing and I've nothing to boast about
But with Him, I've everything to boast about
If I believe, my life is a gift from Him
Then, what I do with my life is a gift I give to Him!

Be at Rest Once More, O my Soul

Be at rest once more, O my soul
for the Lord has been good to you
Remember, He has been good to you all the time
He did allow you to walk through pain and problems
But has He ever left you to walk alone?

His hand of mercy was always there to help you
And His tender whispers gave you the strength to walk ahead
When frightened and cried for help, His arms  always reached out to rescue you
In times of sickness, He gave you the healing
When loved ones passed away, His comfort enveloped you like a soft cushion
Have you forgotten the time, He stopped a winter blizzard at your cry and took you and yours to safety?

So why are you troubled now, O my soul?
Why are you so downhearted?
Just look back at the road you've traveled
And see how the Lord had been good to you. 
Be at rest once more , my soul
for the Lord's goodness will never leave you!

Meditation on Psalm 19

O Sovereign God,
The heavens declare the Your glory
  the skies proclaim the work of Your hands
Day after day they pour forth speech
   night after night they display knowledge

There is no speech nor language
   where their voices are not heard
Their voices go out through out the earth
   their words to the ends of the world.

In the sky You have pitched a tent for the sun
  which is like a bridegroom coming forth from his pavilion
Like a champion rejoicing to run his course
   It rises at one end of the earth
And makes its circuit to the other
   nothing is hidden from its heat.

Your ways are perfect
  reviving the soul
Your statutes are trustworthy
  making even the simple wise
Your precepts are right
 giving joy to the heart
Your commands are radiant
  giving light to the eyes.

The fear of the Lord is pure
  enduring forever
The ordinances of the Lord are sure
  and altogether righteous.
They are more precious than gold
  than much pure gold
They are sweeter than honey
   than honey from the comb.
By them is Your servants warned
  in keeping them there is great reward.

May the words of my mouth and the
  meditation  of my heart be pleasing in Your sight
O Lord, my Rock and my Redeemer!

Let this be Written

 Let this be written for a future generation
   that a people not yet created may praise the Lord
 Let them know that He is worthy to be praised
 His power and majesty are evident in the creations all around us
 His unending love all before us to embrace
 No time has He abandoned those who put their trust in Him
 No man can make Him to give up on us however sinful we maybe

Oh come and taste the goodness of the Lord
Bow down and worship the One who made the heaven and earth
The foolish can tell that there's no God
But those who have eyes to see and ears to hear
can only raise their voices in praises
Even the blind have raised their voices in worship
thanking the Lord for His goodness and mercy
the lame had walked in His strength
and the mute have voiced God's goodness in great paintings
Even if the mankind go  silent and tell no more of God's greatness
the birds and butterflies, the trees and mountains
the stars above and oceans below would shout and declare them
for generation not yet created to praise and pray to the God almighty!