H,
It is not right to think so
on any level. I do not think that we sit in judgement over the conduct or
misfortune of any other human being. We are not even allowed the luxury of
judging ourselves. God sits in judgement over everyone, at the end. That is the
real standard and the real guiding line.
We cannot be at ease with
the systems of this world. We cannot accept that as the rule over who people
are and what they do. It is not enough and it perhaps a bit too lazy to say
that those who suffer should have taken a left instead of a right. This world
does not lend itself to the simple philosophies of self-sufficiency (even when
we label, in abject silliness, “self-sufficiency in God”). It will break into everyone
eventually. We are told to take care of each other for precisely this reason.
We will fall down. If we are
any good at it we will fall down many times. It is right that we have a hand to
pull us back up again. In the marathon race that is our faith, sometimes the
face of God is the hand of a friend.
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