From a distance - sometimes

On two previous posts, here and here, I mentioned the song From a Distance. This link to the song is different from the ones I made in the previous posts. This one is to a YouTube video someone made with still pictures backed up by the song. I like this song but there is one thing that it gets wrong. There is a section that says,

God is watching us. God is watching us.
God is watching us from a distance.

That's not correct. While God can watch from a distance, he does not. He came to earth in the form of Jess to live among us. He understands our problems. He literally feels our pain. Some say, "If God loves us, how can he allow evil in the world?" This is a question that has been asked centuries. He doesn't allow evil. It is what happens when we turn away from him. It is what happens when we choose to do things our way.


If you'd like to see a really terrific sermon on how much God loves us, you can go here. This is the first sermon in a series about God's unconditional love for us. Our church has started putting the videos of the sermons in an on-line archive so you can see them any time. Previously, they would only be available for a short time. Now, they should be available for a long time.