Then, there are the people around the deceased. Each individual is on a path toward ultimately accepting Jesus’ redemptive act, or not. And the manner in which another’s senseless death weaves into that other one’s life is part of that person’s path, and gives evidence to God of how that person’s spirit feels about Him at the deepest of levels, independent of ones flesh. Of course God already knows, but putting us in the particular body that He did, and allowing us to live through what we do, appears to either mold or reflect how we, in our spirit, will love God or hate Him.

And that is what it comes down to for me, personally. How will I get through this experience… loving Him or hating Him? How will I impact others who must get through their own lives, as one who loves God, or one who hates Him? When we all go before God, we will have to give an accounting, and regardless of what our answers are, it will all make sense, and all be without excuse. And within that truth, I am grateful for Christ and how His redemption of me… because I love God, I know I am without excuse.

I know how someone who doesn’t know God can poke holes in this… but then, it’s not about them.