Betrayed By God

Betrayed By God


     To tell you the truth I have never really felt betrayed by God.  It's

most likely due to the fact that I haven't had many significant life experiences

come up.  Also when something goes wrong I don't look at God as a scapegoat.  I

feel you should blame whoever or whatever caused the tragedy.  Blaming God is

just the easy way out or just a quick answer to your  problems.  All this aside

and even though I've never felt betrayed, I know others who have.

     I work at a deli in my town and it recently burnt  down.  If I were

the owner, I would have felt betrayed or denied.  I mean, it's his life.  It's

the way he supports  his family.   One day he woke up and it was gone.  Even

worse is the time of year it happened, Christmas.  This is the time when you

need every penny  but the only thing he's getting now is lost-wages paid by his

insurance company.  It doesn't even close to what he would be making if the deli

were still up and running.  But it's better than nothing, I guess.

     His business has been through a lot of hardships over the last 16 years.

Another difficulty was the building of the Blue Route near his business.  The

construction blocked almost everyone from entering the building.  I don't know

if you could blame God for that sort of problem or maybe it was just fate.  But

with these dilemmas and problems, he didn't question why God allowed these

things to happen.   He  looked insstead to the way  he  benefited from the

experiences.

     One benefit was it made him stronger mentally aand spiritually.  To keep

a business going for three years with minimal customers  is hard.  It takes

dedication and will to show up every morning and
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