i know god is a loving god. the question is, it s like my children. my children have never doubted that i love them but they sometimes doubt my wisdom and they don t think i ve made the right decision. not everything that happens in the world is god s will. everything that happens in the world, god allows, he permits. but because it couldn t happen without his permission. but we live in a world where there are free choices. if i choose to do wrong, i can t blame god for that. so god isn t to blame for my son s death. my son took his life. it was his choice. if i chose to go out and get drunk and get in a car and get in an accident, i can t blame god for that. kay, have you gone through any doubt of your faith? you know, it s what rick said. our faith is the foundation that s gotten us through. it s solid and strong. before, i have something i want to show you. there s this box that i was given to me a few years ago, and i it s got the word it s a marble box and it s got the w
given to me a few years ago and it s got the word, it s a marble box. it s got the word hope on it. her hope box. it s my hope box. ifilled it with verses that gave me comfort, encouragement, verses that just kept my faith very strong before matthew passed away. every day i wouldsy assist and read these verses. and that morning after we had been to his house the night before and i was pretty certain that he had taken his life. i got up that morning. i opened my hope box. i went through the verses one more time. then after that, i didn t open it for a month. i couldn t. then i started to think, so where do i go from here? what do you do when your hope has been crushed. the only way i know to rebuild it is to go back to my faith. and to god s word. this time i started putting in verses in that give me hope for the future. there is this amazing verse in first corinthians 15: 43 that says our bodies are broken and they will be raised in glory. they are buried in weakness,
everything that happens in the world, god allows, he permits. but because it couldn t happen without his permission. but we live in a world where there are free choices. if i choose to do wrong, i can t blame god for that. so god isn t to blame for my son s death. my son took his life. it was his choice. if i chose to go out and get drunk and get in a car and get in an accident, i can t blame god for that. kay, have you gone through any doubt of your faith? it s what rick said, our faith is the foundation that s gotten us through. it s solid and strong. before, i have something i want to show you. there s this box that i was given to me a few years ago, and i it s got the word it s a marble box and it s got the word hope on it. her hope box. it s my hope box. i filled it with verses that gave me comfort, gave me encouragement, verses that kept my faith really strong before matthew passed away.
but we live in a world where there are free choices. if i choose to do wrong, i can t blame god for that. so god isn t to blame for my son s death. my son took his life. it was his choice. if i chose to go out and get drunk and get in a car and get in an accident, i can t blame god for that. kay, have you gone through any doubt of your faith? you know, it s what rick said. our faith is the foundation that s gotten us through. it s solid and strong. before, i have something i want to show you. there s this box that i was given to me a few years ago, and i it s got the word it s a marble box and it s got the word hope on it. her hope box. it s my hope box. i filled it with verses that gave me comfort, gave me encouragement, verses that kept my faith really strong before matthew passed away.
there s this box that i was given to me a few years ago, and i it s got the word it s a marble box and it s got the word hope on it. her hope box. it s my hope box. i filled it with verses that gave me comfort, gave me encouragement, verses that kept my faith really strong before matthew passed away. everyday i would sit and read these verses. that morning, after, i opened my hope box and i went through those verses one more time. after that, i didn t open it for a month. i couldn t. then i started to think, where do i go from here? what do you do when your hope has been crushed? the only way i know how to rebuild it is go back to my faith and god s word. this time i started putting verses in that give me hope for the future. there s this amazing verse in fir first corinthians 15 citizen 43. our bodies are buried in