Why Does God Hide Himself? - Clayton D Steep - October 1984

Clayton D Steep

Why doesn't God - if he exists - show himself to humanity? Why doesn't he appear and put an end to all the suffering and grief here on earth? A pair of glasses for God to wear? That's what the handwritten sign irreverently suggested. It was posted in the middle of a scorched, wind-eroded field. Severe drought had devastated the area. In desperation local farmers hung a battered bucket on a weathered fence pole and tacked this sign above it: "Please contribute coins here to buy God a pair of glasses so he can see the suffering of man and beast. "The words were clearly legible in the light of the blazing sun. It wasn't that the farmers were atheists. To the contrary, some of them had probably gone to church repeatedly to pray for rain. But no rain fell on the parched land. Not a drop. Why? Didn't God see? Didn't he comprehend? - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library