I heard this story this week and thought you might enjoy the “insight.” The story went something like this.
A gentleman was seated in his barber’s chair. During the course of the haircut, the topic of the existence of God came up in conversation. The barber stated, “I do not believe that God exists.” The gentleman, shocked at this statement, asked “Why not?” “Well,” replied the barber, “all you have to do is go out into the street and see the pain and suffering that humans endure. If God existed, He would not allow this to happen!”
The gentleman did not want to engage in an argument, so he did not respond. After the haircut, the gentleman left the barber shop. He saw, sitting on the sidewalk, a man with dirty clothes and long hair. He turned and went back into the barber shop. “Barbers do not exist!” he exclaimed. “What do you mean?” said the barber. “Of course we exist! Here I am standing right here to prove it!” The gentleman replied, “There is a man with long hair sitting on the street! If barbers existed, he would not have long, unkept hair!” “That’s a ridiculous conclusion” said the barber. “People don’t always come to me to get their hair cut!” “That’s right” the gentleman responded, “and people don’t always come to God!”
If all people always went to God and submitted to His Will, then every person on the planet would not be hungry! All the sick and dying would be well cared for! There would be no poverty! God’s Will would be “done on earth as it is in heaven”! However, most do not submit to God’s will. Hence, the earth endures many things that God does not desire that it endure! God does exist!
