Prayer Warriors

Hello Friends,

So I heard a question in which a parent asked, "Why does God allow children to suffer and die." So I am going to give you my opinion, as it is the only way that I could ever make sense of it.

This is one of the hardest questions a human heart can wrestle with: Why does God allow children to suffer and die? Especially when it's not due to sin, not the fault of the parent, not even a result of this world’s natural causes alone. From a purely emotional place, it feels unbearable. But let’s come at it from a place of faith, a place that holds firm to the truth that God not only sees tomorrow, but sees ten, twenty, a hundred years from now. He sees eternity.
God Sees What We Cannot, God exists outside of time. He knows the beginning from the end. What may seem like a senseless loss to us, a child who suffers, who dies young, God sees from an eternal vantage point. He sees what that child would have faced in five years, ten years, twenty. He sees the pain, the heartbreak, the brokenness that might have swallowed them whole. And sometimes, in His mercy, He spares them from a future that would have crushed them.
Isaiah 57:1 says,
“The righteous perish, and no one takes it to heart;
the devout are taken away, and no one understands
that the righteous are taken away to be spared from evil.”
Sometimes God brings a child home, not because He is punishing, but because He is protecting.
It’s Not Judgment, It’s Mercy, we often assume suffering is the result of sin. But Jesus rejected that idea when His disciples asked about the man born blind. They wanted to know, “Who sinned, this man or his parents?” Jesus answered, “Neither… but this happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him.” (John 9:1–3)
So when a child suffers, it is not always the result of sin. Sometimes it is the canvas upon which God will paint eternal purposes we cannot yet see.
God Could Have Chosen Otherwise, But He Didn’t
God could have taken that child in the womb. He could have prevented the pregnancy altogether. But in His sovereignty, He allowed the child to be born. He allowed the parent to hold them, to see their smile, to kiss their forehead, to hear their laughter, no matter how briefly. Why? Because even the smallest flicker of a soul leaves an eternal impact. That smile you remember? That joy you felt? That love you gave and received? None of that is wasted in God’s economy. He allowed you to experience that moment because love is never meaningless. God entrusted that child to you for a sacred season, be it days or years. And even in the shortest life, God was glorified.
God's Protection Isn’t Always in Prolonging Life.
We think of protection as prolonging life. But in God's eyes, protection may mean preventing greater suffering by welcoming a soul home early. What looks like tragedy on Earth may be triumph in Heaven. A child’s death does not mean their story is over, it means their story has passed into eternity, where there is no more pain, no more sorrow, and no more fear.
We Grieve with Hope, Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 4:13, “We do not grieve like those who have no hope.”
We grieve. Deeply. But we also trust that God has reasons we cannot grasp, and a heart that never stops loving. He is not cruel. He is not careless. He is holy and wise and compassionate beyond measure.
One Day, We Will Understand
Jesus told Peter in John 13:7,
“You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.”
One day, in the light of His presence, the questions that torment us now will fade in the face of His glory. We’ll see the child again. We’ll understand the mercy behind the mystery. And we’ll fall on our knees, not in sorrow, but in awe.
So why does God allow a child to suffer and die?
Not because of punishment.
Not because of oversight.
Not because He is absent.
But because in His infinite wisdom, He saw a future we couldn’t see.
And in His mercy, He chose love, even if that love had to hurt for a while.

I'm not sure if this will help anyone with healing, but that is my prayer. God loves you and we love you! Have a blessed day!

Kevin
(@PRAYERWARRIORS)

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Prayer Warriors

Thank you Sunny! You are awesome!

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Prayer Warriors

I am starting this channel because we all need prayer. I believe there is power in numbers. If people will put their prayer requests in the comments, then as everyone reads the daily prayer, we are all praying and asking God to intervene in the request. God is the same yesterday, today and forever. It is us that limits God's intervention.

Always, Kevin

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