Jennifer Vance Free Choice #2 Requied Compassion

I have always wondered why God would allow so much pain and suffering in this world since he has the ability to prevent it. I’ve learned about sin, Adam and Eve, and the antichrist but I still struggle to understand why. After much thought I’ve decided this is his way of preparing us for Gods Kingdom. The one thing that is certain in this life is death. Many of us will experience the loss of a mother, a friend or loved one. The pain and feelings of sadness that go along with this type of loss is almost unbearable. I recently lost someone close to me and those feelings are still very fresh. Around this time my sister’s girlfriend called her upset about a break up between her and her boyfriend. Later that night my sister called me and said she had a hard time sympathizing with her after what had just happened to me. I reminded my sister that at this point her friend had not experience the death of a loved one and what her friend was experiencing with her boyfriend was real to her, she was hurting and my sister needed to be there for her. I reminded her of how she felt when she broke up with her boyfriend of 7 years. She was devastated. Then it dawned on me that until walk in someone’s shoes you don’t fully understand what they are going through. When my five year old has a melt down because one of his toys broke I need to remember that in his short five years on this earth this is something of great importance to him. It isn’t until you experience something very similar to another that you can truly understand what they are going through. This allows individuals to become compassionate and sympathetic both of which I believe are needed before you enter Heaven to reunite with God’s children.