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Why? David Graves “Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?” (Jeremiah 12:1). We see suffering all around us and we ask, “Why?” Why are there earthquakes, starvation and incurable diseases? Why are innocent people murdered? Why do we have kidnappings and bombings? Why are there tornadoes and cyclones? Some of us might be asking that mysterious “Why?” because we are carrying heavy burdens. We may be struggling with illness, divorce or a host of crushing trials. Some of us think we have done all we could to have our children come to the Lord, but there has been no response, and we ask, “Why?” Grace Ryan Dueck Grace. Over the last several months, this is a word that has become quite personal to me, a word that I think I might just have begun to understand . . .

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