"That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for He maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust."
My Buddhist friend was describing his experience to me. He was very late for the airport and was riding with one of the salesmen with our company. Our salesman, Roy, told him not to worry, he'd be fine. Obviously, that would not be the case. Roy drove like a maniac and got him there just in time and the Buddhist friend made it on the plane, breathing a sigh of relief that he had survived the ride and gotten there on time after all.
My first thought was that God took care of his immediate, pressing need whether he believed in Him or not.
This world has plenty of terror, horror and darkness, but God still gives good gifts and grace to everyone. You can scare people about hell with it's unquenchable fire and torment, but the real torment will be a total absence of love, happiness, life-giving light, (living) water, and gifts of grace from the One who provided them every second of every day on earth - even though you never thought of Him, acknowledged Him or even cared.
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