"Why would God allow this?" is one of the most honest questions a first responder can ask.
Few people see suffering up close the way first responders do — and that can shake even a strong faith, or make someone who never believed start asking hard questions for the first time.
Why does God allow suffering? Where was He on the worst calls you've run? Can He really forgive everything you've seen and done? These aren't questions to be ashamed of — they're questions Scripture takes seriously too. A chaplain isn't here to give you a canned answer and move on. We're here to sit with the questions alongside you, for as long as that takes.
“The Lord is nigh unto all them that call upon him, to all that call upon him in truth.” — Psalm 145:18
“Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.” — Proverbs 3:5
“Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me.” — Psalm 23:4
Whatever your question is — even if it's one you've never said out loud — we'd welcome the chance to talk it through with you, honestly and without pressure.
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