Timothy Harris

And brother, if I could just share this with you and with your audience, I was so hurt and angry at God. I just was so befuddled, so confused, and just so hurt. And I told God about it, man. I didn't speak irreverently to him, but I guarantee you I spoke honestly to him. And I asked him why. And I just dug into some Psalms and I dug into a Tim Keller book on suffering.

And brother, if I could just share this with you and with your audience, I was so hurt and angry at God. I just was so befuddled, so confused, and just so hurt. And I told God about it, man. I didn't speak irreverently to him, but I guarantee you I spoke honestly to him. And I asked him why. And I just dug into some Psalms and I dug into a Tim Keller book on suffering.

And I'm just so thankful, Brandon, that we have a God that will let us go to him in absolute, complete honesty with our questions and our hurts. And he's big enough to take it and to love us through it.

And I'm just so thankful, Brandon, that we have a God that will let us go to him in absolute, complete honesty with our questions and our hurts. And he's big enough to take it and to love us through it.

and and you know we have these people today that they're quote unquote deconstructing right leaving the faith and i think a lot of the problem is when they have questions and hurts they're not going to god with it they're going to other people yep you know and job went to god with his complaints and his concerns and his anguish david

and and you know we have these people today that they're quote unquote deconstructing right leaving the faith and i think a lot of the problem is when they have questions and hurts they're not going to god with it they're going to other people yep you know and job went to god with his complaints and his concerns and his anguish david

went to God and he had those questions that we all ask in suffering sometimes. Why and how long? And we've got Jesus on the cross saying, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Quoting Psalm 22. And so, wow. I mean, I don't know. Man, I don't know why God let him die. I just have no idea to this day. But I know the Bible says that God is good. What he does is good.

went to God and he had those questions that we all ask in suffering sometimes. Why and how long? And we've got Jesus on the cross saying, my God, my God, why have you forsaken me? Quoting Psalm 22. And so, wow. I mean, I don't know. Man, I don't know why God let him die. I just have no idea to this day. But I know the Bible says that God is good. What he does is good.

I know the Bible says there's no evil in God. There isn't a shadow of evil in him. And the Bible tells us that God is all wise. He's all loving. He's in control. And so I was finally able to accept that. my friend's death, and leave his soul in the hands of God. I knew he was with Jesus. And, man, so, yeah, I never got the answer. But I did get more intimacy with God through the questions.

I know the Bible says there's no evil in God. There isn't a shadow of evil in him. And the Bible tells us that God is all wise. He's all loving. He's in control. And so I was finally able to accept that. my friend's death, and leave his soul in the hands of God. I knew he was with Jesus. And, man, so, yeah, I never got the answer. But I did get more intimacy with God through the questions.

Yes, brother. Oh, man, if you could have seen him, I still remember once we were talking. We had to go to some office, and the man who ran the office where we went was a Muslim. Palestinian Muslims. And my friend Ali, this brand new believer, what does he do? All he knows really at this point is John 3.16.

Yes, brother. Oh, man, if you could have seen him, I still remember once we were talking. We had to go to some office, and the man who ran the office where we went was a Muslim. Palestinian Muslims. And my friend Ali, this brand new believer, what does he do? All he knows really at this point is John 3.16.

And he just goes in with me and we're talking to this guy and all of a sudden he just starts sharing John 3.16 with this Palestinian Muslim. I was so proud of him because he just had this joyful, what you said, this peace, He had this childlike faith that was so precious. I love to see new believers, man, in their childlike faith. It's so beautiful and so special.

And he just goes in with me and we're talking to this guy and all of a sudden he just starts sharing John 3.16 with this Palestinian Muslim. I was so proud of him because he just had this joyful, what you said, this peace, He had this childlike faith that was so precious. I love to see new believers, man, in their childlike faith. It's so beautiful and so special.

And I remember saying to him in the car, he got back in the car, I said, man, I said, Ali, I'm so proud of you sharing John 3.16 with that guy. And he said, well, why not? He said, why not? Why shouldn't I? It was just so logical to him.

And I remember saying to him in the car, he got back in the car, I said, man, I said, Ali, I'm so proud of you sharing John 3.16 with that guy. And he said, well, why not? He said, why not? Why shouldn't I? It was just so logical to him.

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Oh boy. That's a, yeah. Oh my. Yeah. Oh my. Yeah. It's a, Oh gosh. I'm not laughing. Cause it's humorous. I'm laughing. Cause it's just like, yeah, man. Sometimes you can't, when there aren't any words, sometimes you, you laugh, but yeah, he, This whole thing that you read that quote, though I'm in pain, it has all my attention. They have all my attention.

Oh boy. That's a, yeah. Oh my. Yeah. Oh my. Yeah. It's a, Oh gosh. I'm not laughing. Cause it's humorous. I'm laughing. Cause it's just like, yeah, man. Sometimes you can't, when there aren't any words, sometimes you, you laugh, but yeah, he, This whole thing that you read that quote, though I'm in pain, it has all my attention. They have all my attention.