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Quote of the Week 408 - Happening: The Will of a Good
and Loving God?
Question: I believe everything that happens is God’s will.
My problem is reconciling a good and loving God with all the horrible things
that happen. Can you help me make sense of this?
Answer: Yes: Stop insisting God is good and loving. I too
believe that everything that happens is God’s will, but I don’t believe that
God is good or loving or that God wills freely. God is Reality, the Happening
happening as all happening. God’s will is that everything happens because the
conditions for it happening are such that it must happen. God’s will doesn’t
make things happen, God’s will is what happens. When you know that all
happening is God and God’s will, you are free from the distraction, “Why did
God will this to happen,” and free for engaging with what happened. When a
tragedy happens, don’t ask, “Why?” ask, “What can I do to alleviate the
suffering happening with this tragedy?”
--Rabbi Rami Shapiro, from his column, “Roadside Assistance
for the Spiritual Traveler” in Spirituality & Health magazine,
January/February 2020
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