Why I cant ask why?
 

I have been thinking about this for two days now, and the passing of my pastor who was such a young guy only 44, 3 years younger than I, I know better than to question god, Jesus has been so good to me, but I cant help be curious, it just doesnt make any sense to me, for him to be gone, and his wife and kids left alone, your thoughts please, I loved my pastor dearly and his family will need that love more now, wondering, dt

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Did God actually claim responsibility?

I don't see why things have to be God's fault. There is no need to ask Him why unless He is the one who did it.


Things just happen sometimes. Genetics, cholesterol, stress, driving too fast... these are a few of the many random factors that we all wade through each day that lead to random deaths amongst us.

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We can ask, but we seldom get an answer. I know, everyday I ask Why? Its not that I blame God, or question His will, but the question remains. Why? I have no answer. Maybe its that God can see the future and knows things we don't know. Had Lola beaten this cancer and lived, maybe something else would have come up that would have brought her undue suffering. I don't know. Don't like to think about it, and maybe, just maybe, I really don't want to know why. But, I still ask, if for no other reason than to try to make sense of it all. Why? Why do the righteous suffer and it seems the evil people go on living? It seems that way, but it isn't, I know. Death comes to everyone. Its appointed unto man once to die.... Yeah, yeah, yeah. But, why? I grieve with you in this loss. And I don't think its wrong to ask Why. I just don't think we can expect an answer.

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I think almost anything others can tell you would just seem trite DT. I have 3 children who have gone to be with Jesus. I questioned everything. And I had people tell me all the things they thought would help. The truth is we won't know why until we see Jesus face to face. And then it won't matter to us. Because all pain and sorrow and tears will be gone. You just have to hold on to the Lord my brother. Somehow, someway, it will be all right. In this world we will have trouble, but He overcame the world. And I don't think God expects us not to wonder or ask why. But he will give us peace and solace.

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thanks guys, i know god is bigger and smarter than me, and knows all including the future, i am just sad, lol,dt

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DT,
In 1978 my father John Eckstadt was 43 just six months shy of turning 44. He left my mom and 4 kids.

I have often asked why...

I do not know all of the details as does God.

My father made the most profound statement to us from his bed.

He told us, "faith in the lord can give you the opportunity to be healed".

He then stated, "It takes more faith to die, then it does to live."

I have to trust God for certain now, with my days being few.

Trust in him that there is a next day in Christ..

I want you to know Jack Yonts ll was that kind of man...

He lived in faith, he preached in faith, he loved in faith and he passed away in the Lord with great faith.

We can all show our appreciation and love, by supporting his family in love and finances....

Nate

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Perfectly understandable to be so.

These are not things that God "did" or "didn't do". But these are times that God will be by your side to help you through.

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thanks sis, i sure do love you, dt

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thanks nate, all so true, you are a good friend, dt

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It is a great thing to see your apprecation for Pastor Yonts.


That is a great tribute...

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Some things we won't have answers to this side of heaven!

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Psalm 73
1Truly God is good to Israel, even to such as are of a clean heart.
2But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped.
3For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
4For there are no bands in their death: but their strength is firm.
5They are not in trouble as other men; neither are they plagued like other men.
6Therefore pride compasseth them about as a chain; violence covereth them as a garment.
7Their eyes stand out with fatness: they have more than heart could wish.
8They are corrupt, and speak wickedly concerning oppression: they speak loftily.
9They set their mouth against the heavens, and their tongue walketh through the earth.
10Therefore his people return hither: and waters of a full cup are wrung out to them.
11And they say, How doth God know? and is there knowledge in the most High?
12Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper in the world; they increase in riches.
13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
14For all the day long have I been plagued, and chastened every morning.
15If I say, I will speak thus; behold, I should offend against the generation of thy children.
16When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me;
17Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.
18Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
19How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.
20As a dream when one awaketh; so, O Lord, when thou awakest, thou shalt despise their image.
21Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
22So foolish was I, and ignorant: I was as a beast before thee.
23Nevertheless I am continually with thee: thou hast holden me by my right hand.
24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
25Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
27For, lo, they that are far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that go a whoring from thee.
28But it is good for me to draw near to God: I have put my trust in the Lord GOD, that I may declare all thy works.


If this is true, then the reverse is also true. The prosperity of the wicked is but for a season. The calamity of the righteous is also but for a season.

In God’s infinite wisdom, things happen that there simply are no answers for; yet we rest assured in his great and precious promises. We are his children and the flock of his pasture.

There are no words that comfort us when loss becomes our companion. But in every loss, we know the Comforter is with us.

The wicked abound but for a season, but when we righteous fall, they land in the hands of a loving Savior.

DT, I am truly sorry for your loss.

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I agree and maybe some things if we knew why they would be far worse than we could imagine.

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thanks ferd, i have been ok with this up till now, and it just kind of settled on me, god bless you, bro yonts was not only my pastor but a friend to me, dt

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I experienced the same thing. It is a very hard thing to understand. When the pastor is so kind and loving, prayerful etc.

Seems the best go first, BUT, the peace is in knowing they are with Jesus, no longer suffering.

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My dad was also my pastor, he passed 2 yrs ago. I've asked why many times. The day he died I felt like a spoiled little girl that didn't get her way, and demanded God to tell me why. Little life lessons since then maybe don't tell me why, but they sure do help me grow.

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Without reading the rest of the posts, let me give you my ideas.

JY was diagnosed with ARDS, a very serious and deadly disease. If the patient makes it through the worst part of the problem, they are usually on oxygen, and their prognosis isn't good.

The fact that he lived quite a long time after his initial illness tells me that God healed him in some way, sorta like how He gave Hezekiah more time on the earth than what he would have had without prayer.

There was a reason why JY didn't die when perhaps he should have. We might never know why, but there is a reason. Why God didn't wait longer is just as much a mystery, but again, there is a reason.

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There is NOTHING in the scripture that tells us that we shouldn't question or ask God why? Some preach it as a real No No. We are human and have questions. Real faith is continuing to walk with God in the midst of those questions, not in the absence of them. I have questioned more than once and God has never fried me. He just continues to love me as the son He called and continues to work with patiently!!!

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i agree joy, it was a miracle we had him as long as we did, i see that, i just allready miss him, he was a good pastor and good man, loved by all here, thanks, dt

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thanks mow, i agree, i too have heard that questioning was a no no, but i know god is in control and is not bothered by my curiosity, but blaming god or being bitter that is another deal entirely, aint doin that, he knows best, thanks, dt

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i have had a couple days to absorb the funeral service which was friday, it was very good, i am happy for him to feel better, he was sick a long time, Jesus is in control and knows best, i believe with all my heart, dt

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PainfullyDividedThigh,

My wife used to sing a song with the lyrics "Heaven holds all the answers that time will never tell". Sometimes that is the bottom line in trying to understand the rain that falls on the just and the unjust.

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thanks cc1, i have to agree, i can hear your wife singing now, she did have a good voice, lol, dt