The Counsel of Trent

writing is thinking

Wednesday, December 27, 2006

"The father, screaming for help, escaped the car as residents tried to extinguish the flames with blankets and water. But two young children and an infant died with their mother in the fire."

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/12/27/

There is apparently *nothing* God will not allow on Earth.

Sorry to be that way, but there it is.

Whatever theologizing we do about it, it must be done in consistency with this apparent truth. Looking away will not make it go away.

1 Comments:

At Monday, January 01, 2007 4:26:00 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Don't forget that there is no limit to His efforts to fix the mess our free will has created. Don't forget the cross. It's the ultimate symbol of hope, as horrifying as that thought is it is also wonderful at the same time.

 

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