Better late than never?

       I think there are some times when never is better than late, but this time I'm gonna go with the old saying and post about old news: the Gospel as Tragedy.
       I want to talk about a question that was put forth in the song about the girl named Georgia. The guy in that song kept asking "Where was God?", and I've heard that question a lot in books that I've read. Books and stories about war, especially, ask this question a lot.
       If you've ever read Bodie Thoene, you've probably heard one or two of her characters try to answer this question by saying that people did these evil things, not God. I think I used to completely agree with that answer. It just seemed so simple and true; God didn't kill this or that person; He didn't rob them or burn their house down; people chose to do that.
      But it still doesn't completely answer the question of why God doesn't intervene and stop the robbers and the murderers. Some people would say that God gave us free choice, and He's not gonna change that now and step in every time somebody needs protection. But He does seem to step in sometimes, so I think that's what makes some people wonder why He doesn't do it all the time.
     Well, my answer is I don't know why God lets the bad stuff happen. And I don't think I will ever know, atleast as long as I'm on this earth. But I do know that God is good (it particularly says it somewhere in Psalms, I think. I forget where, exactly) and I just leave the question alone, 'cause I can't answer it.
     To finish up this blog, I want to say that I don't think Leeper was trying to get us to come up with an answer to the sad stuff of this world, and I guess that's why this post makes sense for this blog. If you don't have the answers to the sad stuff, it's okay to admit it. After all, who's going to trust a human who thinks he knows everything?