If God is love, intelligence and light, how can we explain the existence of evil and suffering in our world? This essential, universal and legitimate question runs through all spiritualities. Many conclude that the existence of evil proves the non-existence of a benevolent God. But what if we were to change our perspective?
Evil does not come from outside: we are its creators.
Evil” is not an external force that imposes itself on us. It is the fruit of our thoughts, our choices, our actions. Evil is a human creation. We are its authors, its vehicles, its perpetrators.
We have the power to do good… or evil. And that power is the key to our freedom.
What if God prevented us from doing evil?
Imagine a God who intervenes at every wrong thought or intention:
- It would censor us as soon as a malicious thought arose.
- It short-circuits our violent gestures.
- He would take our hand and force us to help a stranger.
Where would our freedom be? Our dignity? Our humanity?
Such a God would be a jailer, not a being of love. He would turn humanity into puppets.
True love doesn’t coerce. It leaves you free.
Freedom is an act of love
The existence of evil does not prove the absence of God. On the contrary, it reveals
He loves us enough to let us be free… even to hurt each other.
God is not far away: He suffers with us
We might imagine a distant God on Olympus, indifferent to our suffering. But spiritual testimonies, mystical accounts and near-death experiences (NDEs) tell us the opposite:
➡️ God is in each of us. Each being is a particle of the divine.
➡️ When one suffers, God suffers too, for He is within us.
➡️ When we do evil, we also do evil to God.
“What you do to the least of these, you do to me”.
In the Gospel according to Matthew, Jesus expresses this bond of unity:
“I was hungry, and you gave me food… I was a stranger, naked, sick, in prison… and you welcomed me, clothed me, visited me.”
And when asked, “When did we do this?”, He replies:
“Whenever you did it to the least of my brothers, you did it to me.“
The harm we do always comes back to us.
We are one with God, and one with others. What we do to others, we do to ourselves. As Jesus said:
“He who kills with the sword will perish with the sword.”
It’s not a punishment, but a spiritual law: we reap what we sow.
God calls. He does not force.
Because He loves us infinitely, God imposes nothing. He does not control or punish. He inspires, calls and suggests.
He invites us to love, to forgive, to grow.
God shows us the way to unconditional love through intuition, love, synchronicities and inner experiences.
The real question is not, “Why does God allow evil?”
But, “What are we going to do with the freedom He gives us?”
To go further, I invite you to read the article on Nicole Dron’s book “How did you like it?”
