I used to wonder why, if God is omnipotent, all-knowing and all-loving, and knows that we will sin and that some of us will be condemned to hell, why just not create the ones that He knows will go to hell and save them from misery and eternal suffering? Why not just make everyone sinless and not allow evil? Well, the way I am starting to understand it, God created us out of his own goodness, and He would never allow evil to exist if it didn't have the opportunity to become good again.
It all comes down to the profound gift of free will that God has blessed us with. Yes, we are given the freedom of choice, and God is very aware that giving us free reign of the earth includes us making bad decisions and sin. Just as we, as human parents, know that human choices can lead to grief, yet we still long to bring children into this imperfect world. All we can do is teach them about life the best way we can. In that sense God is the same - we are all His children, and He, Himself, came to us on earth as Jesus, and sacrificed Himself for our sake to help and teach us with His wisdom.
He loves us so much that he gives us a choice. A choice to accept Him and be in His presence, or to separate ourselves and turn our back on Him. God created us as human, sentient beings, and with that comes human emotions and experiences, involving tribulation as well as bliss - a mixture of light and darkness. One thing is for sure; we would never be able to fully understand or appreciate that light without the darkness. No true joy without sorrow. Because of this, life can be extremely difficult and confusing at times as we all know. And out of that chaos and sometimes even desperation and hopelessness, we start searching for answers. We all have questions and problems in addition to our goals, aspirations and objectives in life.
When we open our heart to God, we open the door to something divine; something we can turn to in times of need that we can find some comfort in, and that may help us cope with the trials of life, or provide some peace in the midst of chaos, and even offer some of the answers that we are searching for. God is that mysterious something which not only created all that exists, but that gave everything life - He is what makes a flower bloom, a bird sing, and even more mysteriously, makes our heart beat. Perhaps the moments when we feel the most lost is when we get so caught up in the beauty of that creation, we forget about that which created it.
When we speak of God and His ultimate plan, in a way, there is no concept of time because He knows all; past, present and future - all at once. He also presents us with opportunities that we have the option to take or chose not to accept. So even though every moment we can make our own choices, God can still intervene when we ask Him to, or for reasons we may not understand for the sake of the ultimate plan that He has in mind for us, which is beyond our capacity for comprehension. When we reflect on these things, it may help to remind us to trust in God, and that He probably knows what He's doing.
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