{"id":308,"date":"2010-01-15T00:00:22","date_gmt":"2010-01-15T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2010\/01\/fearless-fridays-why-do-bad-things-happen.html"},"modified":"2010-01-15T00:00:22","modified_gmt":"2010-01-15T00:00:22","slug":"fearless-fridays-why-do-bad-things-happen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/angelsonyourshoulder\/2010\/01\/fearless-fridays-why-do-bad-things-happen.html","title":{"rendered":"Fearless Fridays: why do bad things happen"},"content":{"rendered":"

I so often hear these type of questions: “Why do bad things happen to good people? Why does God let a child die needlessly, a natural disaster kill or displace millions? Why does God allow violence? Why did God allow the earthquake in Haiti?”<\/p>\n

Life is God’s unconditional gift to us, the rest is just part of living here on planet earth and all of the events in life are incredible gifts. I believe we can use every event to either deepen our experience of oneness and our connection to the divine or enhance our filter system. A vengeful God that believes there is only one path to salvation or one that punishes people is one way to maintain our limiting beliefs and deepen our sense of isolation from the divine.<\/p>\n

Let me explain ……
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\nWhen I look at this amazing world and see all the miracles and magic, my concept of God expands exponentially. I can’t image God being anything but loving, compassionate and kind. I also imagine God has a sense of humor when I look at some of the creatures. <\/p>\n

I highly doubt God sees some of our fearful choices as sinful, bad or wrong because that would imply judgment. I imagine God sees them with love and compassion, knowing we will eventually learn from our mistakes and choose love instead.<\/p>\n

I choose to see every event as an opportunity to deepen my connection with my spirit or reaffirm my limiting beliefs, the choice is mine what I do with the event. I was abducted by two boys when I was young. For years I used that event to limit myself and my ability to love but one day I decided to see it through the eyes of the angels and my whole life changed. When I saw those two boys through the eyes of love I was able to see their fear and pain and see that what they did was consistent with their way of seeing the world.<\/p>\n

My judging them and feeling victimized wasn’t serving me. I was truly able to see the whole event with love and compassion, it was like an incredible cosmic dance we all did and I could choose to use it to deepen my connection to my spirit and I made that choice. I suddenly realized everything including murder, rape and events like the holocaust were opportunities for us to shift our awareness and see the world as the angels did. What a relief!<\/p>\n

So bad things only happen when we choose to judge them as bad. Instead we can see the same event as an opportunity and a gift. Sure as human beings we often need to mourn a loss or feel angry first but when we align with our spirit we can experience the gift of love in everything. It just takes willingness, time and practice and life certainly gives us lots of opportunities to practice!<\/p>\n

Read more Fearless Fridays:
<\/strong>\u2022 5 Ways Fear Can Improve Your Life<\/a>
\u2022 7 Ways to Overcome Fear<\/a>
\u2022 Inspirational Quotes on Fear<\/a>
\u2022 View all Fearless Fridays posts<\/a><\/p>\n

With love and aloha,
\nSusan<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n

Angels are everywhere just open your mind and your heart to the signs.<\/p>\n

Make Angels on Your Shoulder<\/a> part of your daily routine and share it with a friend!<\/p>\n

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