Where Were You, Lord

Usually you would hear people say this phrase. Most of the time it is said during a time of very high emotional level. The phrase is 'Where were you?" Where were you when this thing happened? We will hear this quite often especially when 'bad' things happen and you were needed but no where to be found.

The other person where this phrase is often directed to is the person in higher authority, namely God. In the deepest anguish of times, deep and hidden in the inner self of each of us is the strongest pitch cry of 'where were you, Lord?' 'Where were You, when I needed you the most?'

It is sometimes hard to answer this question of 'where God is, when incidents occur' like the recent disaster of Japan earthquake, or even not so long ago the deaths of many during the World Wars II or I, or even personal incidents like sickness and diseases that took the lives of young and old. It really really is very hard.

I could remember another phrase used by two sisters, namely Martha and Mary. When their brother, Lazarus died, both of them as they faced their only hope, said, "If you had been here, my brother would not have died." Read the full account in the Bible, recorded in the book of John Chapter 11.

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