Worst nightmare

It is every parents worst nightmare to outlive one of their children. I have never lost a child, but am told that nothing is as heart wrenching. I do not even like to think about it. Last week a person that I know and love lost her third and final child. All three of her children have now died violent, unexpected deaths. She has outlived all of her children. The rest of her life is a mess including failed marriages, loss of a bitter custody battle for her grandchildren, and quitting a career. Unfortunately she blames God, (her only hope of deliverance), for it all. She is now all alone to face the worst that life on this earth can render. Her mother is a devout Christian and she was raised a Christian, but now her bitterness towards God is all-consuming. She has turned away from God and in His absence has turned to tranquilizers and prescription drugs to help her make it through her misery. It does not work. She wants to commit suicide but is afraid. Now that her beloved son has died too, I am afraid that she will succeed this go around.

I have been praying about this ever since I have heard the news. It is all too reminiscent of my brother. He lost his five year old son whom he adored to brain cancer and the following year we unexpectedly lost our mother, the other person in life that he most adored. He started down a sliding path of self-destruction resulting in failed marriages, prescription and non-prescription drug addiction to deal with his anguish, a bright career turned upside-down and his misery became all-consuming; he never got over it. He was so depressed and miserable in his life that one could not reason with him logically, he would not stay focused on God, and one tragic day he ended his life.

How can this situation be remedied? There is no hope outside of God. She is bitter towards God and blames Him for everything bad that has ever happened to her, and will not listen to any advice from any person. I believe in prayer, but it will literally take a miracle to deliver her. There is no task too large for the Lord, and I have turned this over to Him. This problem is far beyond my limited abilities to render assistance. I pray for a miracle and ask you to do likewise. I also pray for her mother and other family members who agonize over her tortured soul.

God is not to blame for death and misery on this earth. Death and misery exist because of sin and sin began with satan. God is love and Jesus Christ offers mercy. He is the light, not the darkness. Blaming God for our misfortunes in life is like biting the hand that is trying to feed us. God can deliver us from sin, and wants to deliver us from our sins, but only if we will willingly allow Him to do so. Rejecting God will not result in peace; it will only result in further misery and agony. I can only imagine how it must trouble Him to watch satans sin destroy peoples lives and then see them blame Him instead of satan. There is a fate far worse than losing ones children, (as horrible as that is). Rejecting God does away with hope for mercy. Aside from death, judgment is solemnly promised in the Bible as something we must all one day face. We will need the mercy of Jesus Christ at the judgment.


James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy
to the one who has shown no
mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.



How well do you know the Bible?

What is described in the Bible as an unruly evil, full of deadly poison?

James 3:8