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A Narrative Essay About The Relationship Between Cathy And Colby

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Criterion A: Rationale and Preliminary Research

On October 11, 2015 I received a call from my friend, Camille, late at night. “Colby is dead”, was followed by an abundance of cries. I could not see the tears but I knew they were there. The thought of never seeing Colby again, always struck deep with Camille. The suffering didn’t end there, it continued through the rest of the family and Zach, Colby’s father, suffered the most. Colby was Zach’s life, they did everything together. On the day Colby crashed, Zach and Colby were riding in the woods. Everything was going great, until suddenly Zach saw Colby lose control of his dirt-bike and crash into a tree. Colby was on the ground motionless as Zach yelled, “Colby, Colby, Colby”. There was …show more content…

Love transforms the negatives from suffering into positives and instills meaning and direction into our lives. Often times in our lives when bad times strike we blame God. People put questions to God and frequently reach the point of denying His existence when they can’t find a reason for it. In times of struggle loving God is most important. People should be leaning to God for protection and guidance during struggles, not pushing God away. God is the answer to our suffering. Through pain and suffering, human beings are incorporated into the pain of Christ. The suffering that we encounter in our lives becomes a source of life and resurrection. Christ suffered on the Cross, died for all of humanity and then was resurrected to sit at the right hand of God for eternity. It is the duty of all Christians to feel personally called to bear witness to the suffering that Christ took on for us. Through human suffering we are bearing the evil that is in the world and allowing this suffering to be the glorious beginning of something new, a new life. (“A Christian Understanding of Pain and Suffering” 2005) In my research to this point I have seen that evil and human suffering are two complicated subjects. In an effort to gain knowledge about my topic I will look to answer many questions. What are the origins of evil and human suffering? …show more content…

Lewis, exists because, “god is all powerful, and all good but, his creatures are not happy”(Lewis, “The Problem of Pain”, 1). To begin to understand the Christian response to evil and human suffering, one must know that God gave the gift of free will to all humans. The gift of free will is a choice that all of mankind has to decide what they want to do. One can choose the path to salvation through the belief in Jesus Christ or they can choose the path of evil and immoral actions. It is this free will that resulted in flawed human reasoning.
When thinking about evil and human suffering one might think, “what could have God done to make this situation better?”, but by asking this question people are going against the omnipotence of God and ascribing Him with the idea of human choice. If God is perfectly good and all knowing, we cannot question that the reality God created wasn’t the best possible result. People wish that the world was happy all of the time but, if you truly understand God’s love for us you will realize that this wish isn’t the best one. C.S. Lewis states that, “if we wanted a world that was happy all of the time it would mean that we wanted less love from God”. Consider the relationship between a parent and their child. Of course parents want to see their children happy but, as a means of personal growth it is important for parents to ensure that they do not make their children happy all of the time. Parents use

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