Where Was God?
by Loren Seibold
You've probably heard stories of people who escaped from the
When I hear such stories, I praise the Lord: some were spared.
I wish I had a totally satisfying answer for you. I must remind you,
Faced with circumstances like this, I find myself having to trust
World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Some got out of the
building in the nick of time, falling bricks and fireballs at their
heels. Others were delayed in their commute that morning, or
minor illnesses kept them home.
Yet I can hear protests from the families of those who died:
"Why did they get a miracle, and we didn't?"
however, that in the end, the power of
miracles--and the reasons for them--remain God's alone.
"Do not complain," [says one author] "for God is in heaven, and
you upon earth; therefore let your words be few."
that God has reasons that I will not know until I can speak to Him
face to face in heaven. I can only believe that when we look back
at this earth from the shores of heaven, we'll be satisfied that
"the sufferings of this present time are not worth comparing with
the glory that is to be revealed to us." (Romans 8:18 NAU)