why then are the good people always dying?

This question is among the atheist's favourite. If christians are so blessed why do they die?... If God loves them so much why does He let them die?

Understandably, to most it may seem like they are dying, whereas in reality, they are finding new lives. They are beginning to live. 'John 3:16, says those who believe in Jesus will never die, but will have everlasting life.

I think that they are killed by the evil one to prevent them from getting people into the kingdom of God. They are a threat to the devil's scheme of getting people to turn against God, to avoid God.

The devil entices us with things that we have grown to uphold, money, luxury lifestyles, popularity and fame.
The devil is weak and cannot defeat God. Therefore, he fights dirty. He knows that most people would do anything for these things. He makes them available easily for those who seek them, and they end up believing that there is no God. That you get what you work for. This pleases the devil.

Then there are those who have been given understanding by God, who realise this scheme. They testify against earthly riches that draw you from true wealth. These people are a threat to the devil's agenda. When they win people over into God's Kingdom, the devil panics. He tries to stop them. He makes their lives miserable, for the weak hearted to see. They see that people who follow God are poor and suffer, while others are wealthy. They distance themselves from God.

The strong hearted will accept this suffering and embrace it, because it counts in the Kingdom of God. When the time comes, the strong hearted will receive their reward, and the weak hearted will also get their dues.

There's is always a bigger picture that not everyone sees. People shut out the reality of the world ending. They choose to live like life won't end. I encourage you to think about this and get closer to God. Pray for strength through suffering.
Go read from the book of Job.

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Human Vs. Nature

Extinction. What's really wrong with this? I mean extinction is inevitable, no matter how many organizations are formed, or how many laws are made. Survival of the fittest - the law of the jungle. Some of the animals that people are actually talking about, most people have never heard of, and probably would have no use of. Eventually, after spending millions, billions even, on 'conserving endangered species' they will all die and become extinct. People who are killing these endangered species should just stop the poaching nonsense. We don't need to spend money trying to protect something that with the right mindset can do for free. If people stopped poaching and polluting/destroying natural habitats, and they can, then funds would be directed to more serious issues, that affect humans directly, whilst protecting the environment without competing with nature.
The world would be a better place if everyone was a conservationist.
(T)

Once Upon a Time by Gabriel Okara

Once upon a time, son,
they used to laugh with their
hearts
and laugh with their eyes:
but now they only laugh with their
teeth,
while their ice-block-cold eyes
search behind my shadow.
There was a time indeed
they used to shake hands with
their hearts:
but that’s gone, son.
Now they shake hands without
hearts
while their left hands search
my empty pockets.
‘Feel at home!’ ‘Come again’:
they say, and when I come
again and feel
at home, once, twice,
there will be no thrice-
for then I find doors shut on me.
So I have learned many things,
son.
I have learned to wear many faces
like dresses – homeface,
officeface, streetface, hostface,
cocktailface, with all their
conforming smiles
like a fixed portrait smile.
And I have learned too
to laugh with only my teeth
and shake hands without my heart.
I have also learned to
say,’Goodbye’,
when I mean ‘Good-riddance’:
to say ‘Glad to meet you’,
without being glad; and to say ‘It’s
been
nice talking to you’, after being
bored.
But believe me, son.
I want to be what I used to be
when I was like you. I want
to unlearn all these muting things.
Most of all, I want to relearn
how to laugh, for my laugh in the
mirror
shows only my teeth like a snake’s
bare fangs!
So show me, son,
how to laugh; show me how
I used to laugh and smile
once upon a time when I was like
you.



"Inside every old person is a young
person wondering what happened."
-Terry Pratchett

doctor's orders

Welcome, probably average to above average mortal, to my world! You might enjoy, get bored or worst case scenario, you might learn something new. You didn't come here to learn, did you? Enough learning goes on in life.

I asked my pal how he gets on with life, and he told me patience pays. Some may say I have in my sleeves a substantial amount of knowledge, and so it disturbs me that I didn't and still don't understand this, or maybe I owe that to my virtue of being too literal.

Being the observer in a group of doers can be quite isolating. My counselor recommended that I get an outlet.
I will be laying down my disorganised to random thoughts(T), fiction(F) and experiences(E) and see how it goes.

Ps: If you see patience, tell her I need my money