Why is there Evil?

There are things in History that you try not to remember. Times where humanity is lost and we see how cruel this world can be. We try to admit to ourselves that it didn't happen. That Jews weren't killed in the holocaust, 9-11 is just another day, and that there aren't people getting prosecuted everyday for the choices they choose. People go through life feeling like they can't say how they feel, afraid to go to sleep at night, wondering when their next meal is. Many people doubt God's existence, saying, "If God did exist why is there still homeless, starving, devastation all around?" The reason is simple, free will. God gave Adam and Eve the choice of who they were going to obey. God doesn't want to force people to love him, he wants us to go to him of our own free choice. That is why the holocaust happened, because it was Hitler's choice to kill Jews. The good news is that God is giving back all the innocent lives that were lost in these cruel times. He wants all who choose him to be rewarded, no matter the cost. That is why he sent his son, to forgive those who trespass and give those who accept Jesus to come to him. Come to him all who are weary, all who have lost hope. God is not a wrathful God as some people. He sometimes acts in wrath, to destroy all that could destroy us. That is not how he wants it to be. He is a loving God who wants us to rely on him when things get tough. To believe in him even when humanity is at its worst, trying to break us and make us lose faith. We must stand firm as part of the army of God, helping those who prosecute us, laugh at us. They try and make us avert our eyes from God, but if we do won't we sink? He is the only one who can bring us deep satisfaction, sure we have things that make us happy, but nothing lasts forever. Except one thing...the love the Lord has shown and continues to show to people far and wide, to all who look to the Cross! We only need to open our hearts and allow the holy spirit to live in us. And that is the best news of all...God wants all of us, he doesn't call the qualified, he makes us qualified when he sent his son. He chose to give us free will, he chose to sacrifice for you and me, he chose you when he died. We are all chosen and you don't need to do anything but accept it and look to him!