This past weekend Joplin, Missouri was hit by some devastating tornadoes that killed 116 people and injured countless more. This comes in the aftermath of some other severe whether they had which included tornadoes some weeks ago. It is times like this, just like when Hurricane Katrina hit six years ago, and 9/11 hit 10 years ago, that the question is asked, "Where is God?" Whenever something occurs such as this, we call it evil and ask either why God did it, or why God allowed it. These questions are common to humankind during such times.
These questions are so common that we can find them dating back to the time of Jesus where we have the disciples asking Jesus a similar question (albeit for a far less tragic event) in the bible. In John 9 we are told a story where Jesus and his disciples approach a man who has been blind from birth. When they see this man, the question asked by the disciples is telling. Their question to Jesus was: "Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he would be born blind" (v 2)?
