On the Pernicious Problem of Evil

God's works will never be finished;

and from him health spreads over all the earth.  

                                              Ecclesiasticus 38:8

Exodus - Marc Chagall

Marc Chagall’s painting haunts me because of the sheer masses of people approaching the figure of our Lord. Chagall intentionally used very dark tones to symbolize the ever-present notion of pain and darkness in the world.

This week I am thinking about ISIS. 

Where is God in the torture and in those beheadings?   Where is God when villagers are lined up and shot?   

Can this force of Evil be stopped?

                                             

The scripture from Ecclesiasticus seems to suggest that God’s work will never be done, and perhaps that is the good news we seek. That God is eternal, and that God will never stop working to overcome evil and darkness in                                                                   the world.

Our faith tells us that God will prevail. Therein lies our hope.