How can you be "open to God's will" if your child is dying?

Question

my child is not dying....I just wonder how people explain that....thank you for your concern

Answer 1

While all of the answers are filled with compassion and truths, it's not of reality that they speak. I love God, I've loved him for so long. We have our trials, we have all been shaken up. I have lost a child - I've lost two, in fact. I can tell you that it's difficult to see God among those losses. I often think that I would be happier if I'd had my two babies back (I still have two other kids). I've come to know that God has my best interests at heart, too. One passed away 19 years ago, the other 15 years ago. I don't need sorrow - it's a glorious part of my testamony to others. The sadness has passed, and has been replaced with the anticipation of seeing them again real soon. Still, in the seering white hot reality of the time that they died, I can honestly say that when I plead with God to spare them, I was crazed, embittered, and distraught. Time does heal all wounds, it's so true. But it's how they heal that is the true test of one's faith. I allowed God to nurture me, to hold me, to pick me up. He allowed me to yell at Him, hate Him, cry on Him, and question His very existance. But He was always faithful and always allowed me to "be".

I believe that we all have the existance of a butterfly. When it's our time to go, we go. Butterflies live but 24 hours - and that's a full lifetime for them. Look how beautiful they are. How beautiful they become. When my kids died, they were supposed to. Their existance may have taught someone something. May have taught me something. I'll only know that once I reach Heaven. But no more sour grapes here. He blessed me with them. I have 4 kids, not just 2. Only God, the great and glorious teacher is raising my other two. What parent could ask for more? katiefish <><

Answer 2

God is malicious. Suppose: you're making the excellent human (considering the fact that you would) however you have an understanding of that he'll sin (when you consider that the truth that the entire factor) You in addition be mindful of that you are going to be punishing all of his descendants for that sin (forethought is first-class, isn't it). So, you realize that you are going to be flooding the planet at least as quickly as hence your quality human should not be ready to breath underneath water. Then you without doubt think "Ah, we could have a few plagues too." in order that you upload a vulnerability to illness. But you are nonetheless now not convinced and you have got received a few clay left over in order that you allow your imagination run uprising making parasites. In all possibility then it dawns on you that one of the most sharks you could have made are with no trouble the correct size to chunk Adam in part of and possibly all the ones sharp enamel were not the kind of simply correct thought eventually. So you position this global in combination and your sitting when you consider that that you've got forgotten anything and sure, wasps. You forgot to make wasps because they serve no optimistic cause in any respect. So you are making wasps, tell Adam and Eve to not touch fruit from that tree (understanding complete good that ladies will normally wish what they cannot have) after which pass and hide like a few in deficient wellbeing candid digicam able for them to eat from the tree, with no trouble in order that you would get the joys-ball rolling, then you deliver at the plagues, the soreness and floods. After which, realising that it kinda appears damaging what you've got gotten accomplished, you factor at devil and acknowledged "he did it." Sorry but when God exists, he's each malicious or simply is not how advertised with the help of the main religions.

Answer 3

you can be a little dark and cold and know that when a person dies, your wife or child. It will be no more when you get to heaven....your wife will be a sister, your son will be a brother. You will never know a family again, but are givin Gods family. But that is becasue you never learned about the flesh.....and in the end it will mean nothing anyway. 1 Cor 7:29.


the way to walk sense you walk your own way, is do not care about the child and only love the lord your God. And make sure he or she, or you are a christian. This world is meaningless, it is only the next life you should think about.

and if you really care about the child, and sense you don't becasue you forgot about heaven with your son or daughter. Pray, for somtimes it is all you can do. Even when things are bad.

Answer 4

There is no way I would be comforted by any of the above statements if my child were dying. I don't see any "greater good," or a test, or God sitting on the sidelines crying with me. Yes, I believe in God, and I found out that he is not some Magician in the Sky to wave a magic wand and make everybody feel better that is a Christian. The only thing that tragedy like this does is bring out who we are before the Lord, and whether God "owes" us anything. Don't bother shaking your fist at God, it won't make him apologize and neither will it make him any less God.

Answer 5

I am so sorry to hear that your or someone else child is dying.
I do not believe that the death and suffering of a child is ever the will of God.
The God I love is a gentle loving Father -not a Puppeteer.

As long as there is life -there will be death. Death is a condition of life, we cannot have one without the other.

Illness and death are no respecter of age , gender, wealth nor any other condition that we would attach.

It is horrible to love a child and watch them suffer, now is not the time for bitterness and anger-there will be time for that later.
Right now ,rid yourself of negative feelings. This time now, is not about you -you need to be there for your child.
No matter the age or the condition --- your child needs you to be calm and loving and to be right there smiling, humming touching---being the best Mommy in the world.
I hurt for you Sweetheart -Prayers going up even as I type this !!!
I send a soft loving kiss for you and your child !

Answer 6

Tammy Wynette sang a song long time ago about guess You (God) looked into his (a child's) future and decided now was better than then. No one knows why and I've seen so many parents lose a child and it has to be the worst experience anyone should have to go through. All you can do is pray for help and understanding. When my sis lost her boy to leukemia, she turned to drinking and cursing God. I asked her why not curse Satan instead for being the god in the world and he is the cause, I believe, of calamaties on earth. Whether this is true or not, we don't know yet, but sis said it helped her get back on track with God and allowing Him to heal her. My nephew's son was killed in a car accident this past year, and he, too, blamed God. I told him the same; not to curse God, but to ask for understanding for taking his boy. He's doing fine, now, but the loss and hurt will always be there. It boils down to this is life; we cannot change it. You have a choice to either make the rest of your life hell or ask God to help you through it and retain your sense of sanity.

Answer 7

You have to trust in God, everything happens for a reason, no matter how much it hurts or you don't want to accept it. For all we know that child would have had some serious problem later in life or something along those lines and God is preventing that from happening and doing something good for that child. Even if it is hard for us to accept and deal with. You can't ever question God or why he does things, some things we just aren't meant to understand right now

Answer 8

Why me? Why not me?
Reality, We are born to die. It is a part of life, some times very hard to accept to say farewell to those we love.
We were 21, when our 18 month old daughter was diagnosed
with welm's tumor, after surgery, radar, suffering, I prayed for her life to end, to see her phyically suffer was more painful.
You are not alone, open up to the suffering of others, worlwide,
share your pain, Your pain will be less intense as time passes. God will give you strength and comfort with in, if you surrener to what is, Try to embrace the reality of this part of your journey, Differcult but possible when we face reality.
Enjoy what is with what you have left to enjoy with your child each day. You are not alone in your pain. Blessings

Answer 9

I always thought that "open to God's will" means that God could will the surgeon/doctor to save the life and that God could act through the hands of a physician. I never have understood people who refuse medical care because of "God's will". Some people rely on their faith and comfort themselves to say that it was God's will for their little child to die of an awful illness. I don't know why children must die but my faith tells me that there must be a reason.

Answer 10

Let things pass. Remain faithful. Trust in the Lord. God does everything for a greater purpose. Maybe this ordeal is a test of satan or the Holy Spirit is trying to make you and others more faithful. Keep faith in the Lord and maybe He will smile onto you on Judgment Day.