Originally posted by Paul Dirac
Do you think that those were obstacles that God found insurmountable?
No, I think He fine-tuned everything to the best it could possibly be, for love of us.
Imagine you're a father. Imagine you come upon your little girl attempting to sow a button onto a shirt. She doesn't see you and you watch as she pokes herself. The wound begins to bleed and you want to rush up and help her. But you hold back. After a bit of crying, she attempts to thread the needle again and sows the button. You walk up and she proudly holds it out to you. She's a lot happier than she would have been if you had rushed up to her moment of pain and interrupted her surprise for you.
What people sometimes don't realize is that Earth is not our final destination. Earth is a training ground to prepare us for something much better. Much more rewarding. And how do you learn best? Through adversity? I know I've often looked back on what I thought were the worst of times, and realized I grew because of it.
God is there with us even in the very worst of times. He was there with the old timer who shivered in the cold in Auschwitz, hoping he'd come to Him before he took his last breath. He was with the ambitious junior executive on the 70th floor of the World Trade Tower while he called his wife to tell her he loved her, comforting him with the knowledge that He'd comfort her and welcome him home soon.
And most importantly, God isn't a cold observer to our suffering. He entered the world Himself to take it upon Himself. To PROVE His love for us. When Jesus cried out "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" He had taken on ALL of the sins of mankind, and ALL of the suffering as a result. He felt ALL of our pain. And He felt the worst pain of all, because He lost contact with the Father for that moment. He lost ALL happiness and ALL joy.
And He did it for love of us.