Another conundrum to cogitate on.
Dearest friends,
I am writing to you to ask for your help in shedding light on a perplexing
situation I find myself contemplating. I have selected you as a group to
aid me because several of you have known me for at least 20 years and I
value your opinion. Your religious experiences are varied and that is
important to the problem I am faced with.
Over the years, we have all observed the seemingly random factors that
affect all of our lives, sometimes without apparent rhyme or reason. We
have seen some marriages dissolve over nothing and others grow stronger
under adverse conditions. We have seen fate play a role in who survives
critical illnesses and who succumbs to them. We have all seen good people
suffer great misfortunes while some people of low character thrive. In our
lifetime, we have seen Churches and Religious institutions all around the
world become revised, televised, energized and even scandalized. We are all
well aware that a higher power has control of nearly all things.
Personally, I have stood in the doorway of a 7/11 in Atlanta, amid a
shootout between the police and a gunman and walked away unscathed. On a
golf course, I saw a lightning bolt strike a man dead while those of us
nearby where untouched. We all watched as Hurricane Katrina ravaged some
areas of the coast and left other nearby homes standing intact. The
enormity of these random and seemingly unfair applications of good or bad
fortune is at the core of my dilemma.
I have studied sacred writings of all major religions searching for an
answer, and now I pose the question to you.
I cannot fathom that the highest power in this universe could take Anna
Nicole from us and leave Hillary behind....
Dearest friends,
I am writing to you to ask for your help in shedding light on a perplexing
situation I find myself contemplating. I have selected you as a group to
aid me because several of you have known me for at least 20 years and I
value your opinion. Your religious experiences are varied and that is
important to the problem I am faced with.
Over the years, we have all observed the seemingly random factors that
affect all of our lives, sometimes without apparent rhyme or reason. We
have seen some marriages dissolve over nothing and others grow stronger
under adverse conditions. We have seen fate play a role in who survives
critical illnesses and who succumbs to them. We have all seen good people
suffer great misfortunes while some people of low character thrive. In our
lifetime, we have seen Churches and Religious institutions all around the
world become revised, televised, energized and even scandalized. We are all
well aware that a higher power has control of nearly all things.
Personally, I have stood in the doorway of a 7/11 in Atlanta, amid a
shootout between the police and a gunman and walked away unscathed. On a
golf course, I saw a lightning bolt strike a man dead while those of us
nearby where untouched. We all watched as Hurricane Katrina ravaged some
areas of the coast and left other nearby homes standing intact. The
enormity of these random and seemingly unfair applications of good or bad
fortune is at the core of my dilemma.
I have studied sacred writings of all major religions searching for an
answer, and now I pose the question to you.
I cannot fathom that the highest power in this universe could take Anna
Nicole from us and leave Hillary behind....