Parking Lots and Sales

I recently heard someone say that they were pulling into a parking lot, and the space closest to the building opened up. They said it was a sign that God was with them.

And then two weeks ago I heard about two people who were sick and one of them was healed. And they were talking enthusiastically about how God had intervened to heal the one person.

And the whole time, I’m thinking, “What about the other person? They didn’t get healed. Where was God? Why didn’t God intervene for them ?

And just last night I heard someone say that they had been in a store and saw something that they really wanted and it was on sale. And they said, “This just shows how good God really is!”

If God can help people find things on sale, why doesn’t he spend more time doing something about things more important - like earthquakes, or famines, or sickness?

When you think of God, or when you hear about God, what image comes to mind? An old man with a long white beard, who is behind the curtain, working all the levers? He’s healing some. And he’s finding parking places for others?..– Rob Bell