*This was a recent blog I wrote on myspace and I’m trying to move some of my favorites from there to here. It’s my first serious one to post on here, just get ready for my “Soapbox” blogs!!
something about lion cubs and God
Sometimes I wonder why life has to be so hard! Watching the Animal Planet channel always makes me so sad! There is a cute fuzzy little cub and then all the sudden, a crocodile or something eats it. I’d rather get the edited version where it shows the cubs as babies, then growing up… without a care in the world. Perfectly innocent. Then perhaps they should also cut out the cute little cubs eating the zebra for breakfast or the gazelle baby being toyed with by a lioness before she rips out its’ insides. There has been so many times that I’ve stopped (against my better judgment) on that channel only to turn away quickly before something dies. It seriously depresses me. I still remember a scene from years ago in which a lioness had to leave her cub b/c the pride was moving on. The stupid night cameras catch it mewing for it’s mommy. A jaguar or some other big cat walks by and the narrator said that it has some maternal instinct to save it but the hyenas are closing in for the easy kill. The last scene I remember is the greenish glow of the night cameras showing the hyenas toying with a perfect little cub, I was waiting for the camera crew to rush in and save it, or the lioness mother to rush back in, teeth barred, to defend her cub. It didn’t happen.
Why is life so hard? These are just animals without souls, yet it bothers me more than the “feed the hungry” commercials. It makes me think then, how much God must love us. He sees everything that happens to us, the good and the bad. There are such sick people in the world, and innocent people are hurt every day. “How can there be a God that lets this happen” is one of the most commonly asked questions that keeps people from the truth. Not that I presume AT ALL to know what ultimate truth is! I just can see how doubt can be created, yet I hold to the fact that b/c we have free will, there will be evil in this world. No conclusions here, I’m just working through seeing a perfect little lion cub be eaten alive.