There was a very poignant story posted on CNN on Friday. It's the story of a young man who survived a familial murder/suicide. Now 30, Chris Keith's story is being told.
Not surprisingly, Chris credits his survival to God (and Jesus). The almighty had a plan for his life and that's the reason he was saved.
Having never gone through a situation ANYTHING like this, who knows how I might have reacted? I suppose that, when by all accounts a person should have died but didn't, it's common to look for a supernatural explanation. Since we humans crave answers, it often makes us feel better to create an answer out of thin air than to have to live our lives with unknowing uncertainty.
However, whenever I hear or read explanations of this sort, it spurs the question: What about the others who died? Why didn't God having a living plan for them?
Looking at this particular case, why would God not want to save the 8 year old, Mikey? He was an innocent victim of this tragedy too. Why is his life less important than his younger brother's?
I know some people believe that God has every life mapped out. They might contend that, had the 8 year old grown up, he might have become an axe murderer, so God allowed him to die to save his future victims.
That argument ONLY works if the person saved from certain death goes on to live an exemplary life. However, if you do a little research into the backgrounds of lifelong high-profile criminals, you'll find that many of them went through a lot of ugly episodes as children. There's more than a few who, miraculously, didn't die when everyone around expected them to.
If they lived and you buy into the argument that God saved them because he had a plan, what on earth could that plan be? Did God knowingly want the person to grow up to be a murderer, rapist or pedophile? Did God knowingly want them to grow up to kill, injure and victimize others?
Oh boy, now there's a heavenly plan!
His father suffocated his mother and then shot Chris' 8-year-old brother, Mikey, in the back of the head while he slept, his grandparents explained...His grandparents then told him the hardest news of all. Before his father killed himself, he put the .38-caliber handgun to Chris' head and pulled the trigger.What a gut-wrenching event to live through!!
Medics had declared everyone in the house dead, including Chris...
Not surprisingly, Chris credits his survival to God (and Jesus). The almighty had a plan for his life and that's the reason he was saved.
Having never gone through a situation ANYTHING like this, who knows how I might have reacted? I suppose that, when by all accounts a person should have died but didn't, it's common to look for a supernatural explanation. Since we humans crave answers, it often makes us feel better to create an answer out of thin air than to have to live our lives with unknowing uncertainty.
However, whenever I hear or read explanations of this sort, it spurs the question: What about the others who died? Why didn't God having a living plan for them?
Looking at this particular case, why would God not want to save the 8 year old, Mikey? He was an innocent victim of this tragedy too. Why is his life less important than his younger brother's?
I know some people believe that God has every life mapped out. They might contend that, had the 8 year old grown up, he might have become an axe murderer, so God allowed him to die to save his future victims.
That argument ONLY works if the person saved from certain death goes on to live an exemplary life. However, if you do a little research into the backgrounds of lifelong high-profile criminals, you'll find that many of them went through a lot of ugly episodes as children. There's more than a few who, miraculously, didn't die when everyone around expected them to.
If they lived and you buy into the argument that God saved them because he had a plan, what on earth could that plan be? Did God knowingly want the person to grow up to be a murderer, rapist or pedophile? Did God knowingly want them to grow up to kill, injure and victimize others?
Oh boy, now there's a heavenly plan!
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