Rhonda,
I know that it is in the tough times that we grow.  But, you asked what do
we really want?  Selfishly, I believe that we want it easy.  We aren't as
interested in growing as we are  in staying as we are and insisting that
everybody else love us as we are.  What is that saying, "take it or leave
it!"  We want everybody else to conform to us, while we remain the master
of the universe.  Is it any wonder that the middle letter in the word
"sin," is I?
Kathy


At 10:59 AM 4/15/2005, you wrote:
>You'd do great in my philosophy class, I wrote a paper on  God and the
>Problem Of Evil and I used the free will defense, saying exactly what you
>did, the world is as it is, because of choices we have made, some ask if God
>is so powerful why doesn't He take away all sin, all evil,  He could, but
>what type of world would that be?  All the trials we go through that
>strengthen our walk with God and our character, would no longer be needed,
>there'd be no need for forgiveness, compassion, courage, honor, mercy, or
>any need to rely on God for the world  would be perfect minus sin, minus
>evil, minus depression,  I guess sometimes we want perfection, but is that
>really what we want,  I don't know about the rest of you, but the hard times
>in my life, in my marriage, have made  me, us, what we are today, though I
>would never have picked that  a good result would come from such a terrible
>time, God's miracle is turning what would normally be  distressing in to a
>joy!
>
>Rhonda