"Does This Church Make Me Look Fat?" Rhoda Janzen

"People always ask where God is in the midst of suffering.  To me it's a strange question.  When you go blind, when a neighbor kills your son, when you come down with a spanking case of cancer, God is in exactly the same place where he always is.  He's where you put him.  The thing about liberum arbitrium, free will, is that God respects our right to choose.  Do we want to connect with him, or do we want to live a life without him?  We get to pick.  If in the midst of suffering, we call on God to sustain us, then that's where God will be.  If, on the other hand, we choose to weather life's storms without seeking God's presence, we can do that."