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God makes way for happy endings, but too often we reject the very thing we seek. I must beg to differ, with God all does not end happily. Perhaps it ends as it should, but because He is a just God, not everyone will spend eternity with Him as we will.
For Christians, and all my main characters are Christians who trust in Jesus, all does end happily. So I think we are in agreement. :-)
Perhaps, I just don't like to mask the suffering of the lost with the salvation of believers. I know that is probably not the best story material, but I like to read tragedies too because it forces me to keep a realistic outlook on life. I heard a lecture from Summit Ministries on "Christian alternatives" that challenged believers to not just gloss over trials and hardships of non-believers by telling them everything will be okay, because for them, it won't be. A very compelling argument. We are in the world though not of it, but I believe that being in it is to see the suffering and have compassion. We cannot detach ourselves by living solely in our limited, Christianized spheres. (See Paul in Athens, Acts 17)
I am not trying to rail at you, that comment just struck me and when things strike me I must speak. :)
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Oct 25, 2015 02:57PM
God makes way for happy endings, but too often we reject the very thing we seek. I must beg to differ, with God all does not end happily. Perhaps it ends as it should, but because He is a just God, not everyone will spend eternity with Him as we will.
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For Christians, and all my main characters are Christians who trust in Jesus, all does end happily. So I think we are in agreement. :-)
Perhaps, I just don't like to mask the suffering of the lost with the salvation of believers. I know that is probably not the best story material, but I like to read tragedies too because it forces me to keep a realistic outlook on life. I heard a lecture from Summit Ministries on "Christian alternatives" that challenged believers to not just gloss over trials and hardships of non-believers by telling them everything will be okay, because for them, it won't be. A very compelling argument. We are in the world though not of it, but I believe that being in it is to see the suffering and have compassion. We cannot detach ourselves by living solely in our limited, Christianized spheres. (See Paul in Athens, Acts 17) I am not trying to rail at you, that comment just struck me and when things strike me I must speak. :)
