why so many people dying in such short time

[princesshayhay]

hi im hayley and 16years old this week has been hell for me and people around me my friends mum died and her dad was in hospital after a car accident and the same happened to the other family in the other car and then a girl i knew from a forum died then a really close family friend like an aunty to me died suddenly and then a lady i know her daughters best friend just died 10days after giving birth and leaving behind a 2 year old 1 yr old and a newborn and thats all after just starting to deal with my dads death my uncles death like 5 people my age in my area died and then a really close family friend hu was like an uncle died and i had to tell my mum about that 1 and thats just after i lost my g-gma and g-aunt and yea its just been hell and back lately im sooo terrified to lose any1 else its already tested my faith hugely but im holding cloe to god right now cuz hes all i have!!my mums going away soon to the other side of the world and im terrified something might happen to her!!i couldnt stand it if one more person i know dies im so scared!!

any ideas,im so angry at god and keep doubting him but the same time im holding close to him with that lil bit of hope that he's there cuz thats whats getting me through!!argh anyhu sorry bout that i just had to vent im sorry ill shh now!!!!

godbless and congratulations if u managed to read all that lol dont know how much sense it makes....

love hayley x0x0

 

[Davidnic]

You are in my prayers. When I was younger my mother died. Shortly afterward my grandfather died. Around that time other people I knew, or that they knew also died. It seemed like death was all around me. I wrote this somewhere else once on a question about death and prayer.

You are holding up well in the face of much pain. It is difficult, but God is with you.

I won't sugarcoat this, it took me years to begin to understand. Years to see why God may not have answered my prayers. That is not to say that it is ever good when a loved one dies, but it took me years to see the good that God was bringing out of my sorrow and pain.

It is not that He took my mom to bring good. But that out of the horror of death He brought grace and goodness. The question still remained: That's all well and good, but why let the death happen in the first place? He's God, He can stop it. Why didn't He?"

What I came to realize, in words at first and in my heart later, may sound like a cliche. It may have been said to you over and over during your suffering. But what I came to fully accept was that this is not the end. Death is a temporary seperation.

It was a difficult road to really understand in my heart that God had already done something about death. Christ has made it a temporary state. So much bigger than saving just my mother, my grandfather and all of the people who physically died, He gave all of them (and everyone who has faith in the love of Him) eternal life. He has saved them from death. My prayers were answered in a deeper and more lasting way before I was ever born.

And even then, more questions. Like: "but others are saved from physical death for awhile. There are miracles and cures. Divine intervention happens all the time. God does fix things...so why not me? What made me not deserving of it? Because either we didn't deserve it or He does not listen and what is simply is."

For that I came to the understanding that no one deserves God's miracles and at the same time evryone does. No one can earn them but we all are made worthy of them by His love if we have faith and trust in Him.

He loves us. Everyone. And He desires and is faithful to everyone who has faith in Him in that love.

So if I placed my answer to my prayers in the context of worth, then everyone who has faith in Him should get the answer to their prayers and that answer should be yes when taking away the suffering of another. Because everyone is loved. At least this is the human way of seeing it. There is some truth in that thought, but there is a further step.

If that is the case, no one who loves Him would die.

And there it is. Because in truth, we really don't. Because death has been defeated in the most real sense by Christ our Lord. The greatest miracle. The greatest event ever, is open to all who accept it.

I also looked at what had come out of my pain and suffering and the pain, suffering and death of those I loved. That was not easy to see or understand. It is painful to even think that good could come from any of this. But that good can come from it is not a justification of the physical death, it is just trying to find the loving hand of God upholding us in our sorrow.

Maybe something my mother said to me can help you. I asked her why she was dying. Why God was doing this.

She said she did not know. But if she was given suffering to accept because that suffering would have taken away someone elses faith then she was fine that she had it rather than another.

I'm not saying that's what it was. But she tried to show me trust in God. And I'll tell you, when she told me that, I thought she was wonderful...but I couldn't accept it. Not then. But I came to understand and accept.

Through it all I kept praying. I prayed that God open my heart and give me the right questions to ask. I know you are doing this. Be strong and your brothers and sisters in Christ will try to help as best we can.

I would say read the Psalms. See the great suffering there. At times, there is almost too much to bear. But when you read a few, go to the Gospels and see the great fullfillment of the promise of our faithful and loving God in the person of Christ.

He does not abandon us. Even though we do not always understand, He will take us by the hand.

I will be praying for you. I hope my words make sense to you. This might not be something you can fully accept at once, but pray to God for the strength to get through it all, and He will be there.

 

[Ruth~]

I'm very sorry you have lost all those people and especially those so close to you. You have my empathy. It's hard to go through grief but God does get us through it in one piece. I know it's true because I have survived the death of many, too. Peace to you.