[StBernard] Why God allows pain...

[Westley Annis]

     This  is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and
suffering that I have  seen....   

   
       A  man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his  beard
trimmed. 
As the barber began to work, they began  to have a good conversation. 
They talked about so many  things and various subjects. 
When they eventually  touched on the subject of God, the barber said: 'I
don't  believe that God  exists.'   

  'Why  do you say that?' asked the customer. 'Well, you just have  to go
out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.   
Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick  people?  Would there be
abandoned  children? 
   
   If  God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain!   
I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of  these things.'   
  The  customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because  he didn't
want to start an argument. 
The barber  finished his job and the customer left the  shop. 


Just  after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street  with long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.  
He looked dirty and unkempt. The customer turned back  and entered the
barber shop again and he said to the  barber: 
'You  know what? Barbers do not exist.' 
'How can you say  that?' asked the surprised barber. 
'I am here, and I  am a barber. And I just worked on you!' 
'No!' the  customer exclaimed. 'Barbers don't exist because if they  did,
there would be no people with dirty long hair and  untrimmed beards, like
that man outside.'   

   'Ah,  but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do  not come
to  me.' 
   'Exactly!'  affirmed the customer. 'That's the point! God, too, DOES
exist! That's what happens when people do not go to Him  and don't look to
Him for help. 
That's why there's so  much pain and suffering in the  world.' 

  If  you think God exists, send this to other people--- If  you think God
does not exist, delete  it! 
   
BE  BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO  OTHERS!!!!!!! 
    
I  really liked this!   Again,  I hope you share it with everyone!