Dear God,
You are so strong and in control, but You still let
bad things happen. Why? Like, the king of Israel is pretty much the worst one
yet and he's married to the most evil lady ever (1 Kings 16:30-33)! Mom and I
almost starved to death when I was little, but then you brought Mr. Elijah to
town and he asked Mom for some bread. She told him we were about to eat the
last bit and then die, but he said to trust him and so Mom shared with him and
the flour and oil never ran out until the rain finally came (1 Kings
17:7-6)!
Then when I was a little older I got really sick.
So sick in fact that I died (1 Kings 17:17). I know that doesn't make sense,
but it's true. I remember it, but it is too hard to explain to people. But Mom
got mad at Mr. Elijah and asked why this had happened, and he took me up to his
room. Mom isn't sure what happened next, but she just remembers Mr. Elijah
coming down with me alive in his arms (1 Kings 17:23).
That is how we knew Mr. Elijah is from You God, but
I miss him. He doesn't visit anymore. One of his followers Mr. Elisha
(confusing isn't it!?!) said that Mr. Elijah was taken up to You with chariots
of fire (2 Kings 2:11), but I wonder what that means. I wish You would just
show Your strong and powerful side and crush these bad people all around us,
but Mr. Elijah always told me not to wish that. That You will act in Your own
time. It's just confusing. Our nation is divided now and instead of all being
Israel some have a different king and are called Judah. They seem to have
better luck with kings than we do. I know you can fix everything God, why don't
You?
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