When Life Serves You Lemons
When life serves you Lemons… It’s not often we get comments on an issue of the Grandparent Chronicles, but May’s issue- “Did God Make A Mistake?” a message on same sex attraction, was the exception. The reader questioned why there were no comments or questions from others, then suggested that we tackle the reality of a person born with no hands or legs. There are a few possibilities for a question like this. 1- An attempt to point out that maybe God does make mistakes after all. 2- To question the power or even existence of God. 3- A genuine desire to know why an all powerful and loving God allows these types of "Infuriating Unfairnesses" to be. All three motives deserve an answer. Even if a satisfactory answer may not be within our finite capacity to comprehend, at least one should be attempted. A good place to start is always in the scriptures. I must confess as did Nephi (1 Ne 11:17) “I know that he (God) loveth his children, nevertheless, I do not...