La souffrance et le mal

On peut être tenter de vite conclure que "mal existe => Dieu n'existe pas"

Mais alors si Dieu n'existe pas, d'où vient la bonté ? Tout aussi compliqué

Donc c'est une énigme un mystère.

Problème : on veut essayer de justifier le mal (qu'est-ce qu'on a fait au bon Dieu ?). On interprète par "Dieu me punit"

Or le mal n'a pas de sens, de raison.

Pourquoi Dieu n'efface pas le mal ? Parce que nous tous y collaborons.

• Genèse : Dieu n'est pas responsable du mal, l'homme n'en est pas à l'origine mais il y collabore.

Ce que Dieu fait : retourner le mal absurde pour qu'il devienne lieu d'expérience du bien. Serpent dans Nb. Dieu ne supprime pas tous les serpents. Mal devient occasion d'expérience de Dieu.

Étape d'après : Dieu vient lui-même sur la Croix. Pas étranger à notre souffrance. Reviens pas en arrière, mais habite notre souffrance.

Everyone of us will experience disapointment, sadness, grief... But God is faithfull and God will not disapoint me.

What does it mean ? God is faithfull to his promise, and he never promised we wouldn't experience grief and suffering. He didn't promise we wouldn't suffer in this world (it's rather the opposit).

But he promised that he would be there in the midst of all this

What does is to ? It highlights what we really want. Especially if we were driven to God just because we believed we would have peace. That is prefering the gift to the giver.

Jesus said : I give you peace, but not in the way of the world. He alse said : Pick up your cross. He said : In this world, you will have troubles. 

You might be disappointed in life. But please : don't be disappointed in God. Don't let it take your trust, your faith, especially in this word of Jesus "In the midst of the fire, I'll be there". 

The question is : Is that enough for me ?

Start with awfull story of accidental death of a newborn. Many of you have been through things like this, or worse.

Sometimes we hear that answer : "It's all part of God's plan, even if we don't understand it." That - is - not - true !

God is involved in everything, but he does not control everything (and he is concerned by everything). 

Started when he created us free. And sometimes we think "Take back my freedom, or part of it, and give me back what I lost !" "Turn off the laws of physics !"

God did not make death, and doesn't want it. God doesn't want evil to happen. But he wants a world where he is not a tyran.

And : God is going to bring an even greater good (this way). Do I believe this ? Which actually means : do I believe God to be good ? Even through this disaster, this death...