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[quote=Anonymous]https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/lost-child-job-made-sense/?amp

Here is the story of a parent who faced great loss and that parent considering Job as you are.

I see an unkind post made by a person who (a) presumes to speak for God and (b) horribly and falsely blames you for your losses. (a) no one can speak for God. The person speaking for God should not speak for God, and does NOT speak for God. They are assuming they know God’s will (impossible) and that they know God’s plan (impossible, again.) Please don’t listen to people who think they can authoritatively speak for God or people who are operating under the delusion they know God’s will for you. They usually try to manipulate you emotionally and sometimes financially. (b) you have done nothing to cause your losses. You can’t earn good things in life with perfect behavior and good deeds; nor do you get punished for being what society or God perceives and defines as bad. Sometimes people who act bad and evil have great lives, and God does not bless evil. The world is broken. Nevertheless, as the poster above deems themselves an authority to tell you your behavior led to your losses, I encourage you to pose this question of a trusted friend, a trusted pastor, a reputable and educated counselor or therapist. You will be told by all those people that you did not cause your parents to die because God wanted to punish you, and for you to live better so you won’t be punished by loss to learn things, again  Your parents died because they were old, or sick, or had been injured in an accident and medical personnel could not save them. You are not being taught a lesson, because your parents passed away. You lost a home because of a flood or fire or wind event . I am shocked someone would blame a grieving person for their parent’s death and other deeply troubling losses in life when they are asking for help. They probably had inflexible and unkind parents (sorry pp) and were raised in a parental environment that stressed punishment and discipline and the importance of being good as a way of controlling their behavior. That’s not Biblical teaching. Take care and ignore people who are blaming you for the unavoidable losses that occur in all our lives. [/quote]

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