quote from a mystery book about the freedom to choose

I have been enjoying my kindle and some free books lately. The one I finished today (Design on a Crime by Ginny Aiken) had some interesting quotes in it.

The basic idea was that Haley, the main character whose father was a pastor, had lost her faith because of an incident in her past where she was the victim of a violent crime and now she was the prime suspect in the murder of her mentor and is struggling with many things.

So, a really good quote that deals with why God allows bad things to happen and doesn't step in to change things is:

"I didn't have control over what anyone else did. And while God could control anything and everything, he had given his creation the freedom to choose. God could intervene, but then he'd be no more than a master puppeteer.

"A puppet couldn't love back. And that was what God asked. His children had to choose whether they'd love him enough to obey or whether they'd go the other way.

"I had to accept that God gave everyone the same freedom."

I really liked that, so I thought I'd pass it along.

Middle-aged Mormon Man blog

One of my favorite blogs I make sure and read is called Middle-aged Mormon Man. I don't know who he is, but he has great posts. Often they are funny and/or wise. He recently did a three-part series to be found here:

http://middle-agedmormonman.blogspot.com/2012/04/whirlpool-of-spiritual-stupidity.html

http://middle-agedmormonman.blogspot.com/2012/04/whirlpool-avoidance-or-thank-you.html

http://middle-agedmormonman.blogspot.com/2012/04/surviving-whirlpool.html


As you can tell, his topic deals with spiritual danger--how to avoid it, or once you have been sucked into the whirlpool, how to get out of it. Great stuff.