We don’t like to take responsibility or bear the consequences of our own actions. We use our God-given creativity to come up with some whoppers of excuses and justifications for behavior that is blatantly rebellious against God’s design for us. And then when the pain and suffering come, we still have the nerve to question how a loving God could allow these things to happen.  As Pastor Mark will point out in today’s message, while we all endure the pain of living in a broken world, most of us can find a lot of good in the lives God’s blessed us with. He shows us grace in ways we often can’t see until we’re looking back years later.