God declined to give him a neatly packaged explanation, adding that he could charge God with being uncaring or unjust only if he could match his wisdom and power: Where were you when I laid the earth’s foundation? Tell me, if you understand … Will the one who contends with the Almighty correct him? Let him who accuses God answer him! (Job 38:4; 40:2). In Greece, I once met a blind believer who had had both legs amputated, yet he told me, ‘I have no complaint against God. These legs belonged to him
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