Recently I watched the movie "Beyond the Gate". The film is hard to process, I was totally unaware of the genocide in Rwanda that took place in 1994. The movie was told from the perspective of a Catholic Priest and School teacher who was about my age, so I was constantly thinking what I would have done if that was me. These types of movies frustrate me because I end up feeling completely helpless, bring humility to my life. It reminds me that God controls all things, and he has power over all things. This brings assurance that I am only an instrument of God, but I am left with the question "Why would God allow something like this to happen?" Is evil explained by this passage in Genesis 50:20 (Joseph, near the end of his life, spoke to his brothers who had sold him into slavery), he said, "As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good in order to bring about this present result, to preserve many people alive". The question of evil is one that I have been wrestling with for a while, and will continue to do so.
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