6?

The best year ever on record for Cam, he really remembers this year fondly.

When Cam was six, his father was able to be visited every once in a while. He saw him probably 2 times during the year? Maybe not. Maybe narrator remembers nine.

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Life had been going good for Cam, he has friends, he is doing good in school... He started martial arts when he was four, life is great. (damn did he peak at elementary school?)

At this time, should you ask Cam what happened that year, he won't talk about it. It's too traumatic. If you asked him at any time if he hated or resented his father, (narrator bets) he'd answer no.

New facts came in. Dad was an alcoholic, does Cam know what that means? Probably. He's pretty smart right at that moment.

When he visits his dad, his dad always likes to tell him... Nothing. He doesn't bring it up. Cam just likes to spend time with Dad. No matter how small the time actually is.

While things are going good, he's learning things about God. He dedicated his life to God at 7?

Yeah. Somewhere in that age. When one is generally learning about things. Cam learns about God. Who is Jesus, what does God do for us. Why does God allow for suffering, why do we suffer.

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God is almighty. He can't be put in words, but one thing that God can be put into is God is love. No matter the love, as long as it's kind, and virtuous love, which is what love is, then it is God.

Jesus saves us from sin. Jesus is God, and also human all at the same time. 100 Percent God, but 100 percent human. He's the living sacrifice, etc. So he saves us from sin.

Why does God allow sin? Simply put, he doesn't. He allows free choice. With free choice, there is that omnipresent duality of service, and of vice. So when God created man, he could only choose two things. One, giving free choice, which is what gives us the ability to do for ourselves. Therefore, while free choice gives us the choice to do good, it also gives us the choice for bad. So when saying that God isn't all powerful because he allows sin, it doesn't work like that. God allows free choice, he wants willing subservience. The definition of sin is the CHOICE of going against God.

In other words, going against God willingly, is sin. So that means that in creating us, we created sin, as a choice. He didn't create sin, nor did he ever want us to do so. If God is love, he gives us the choice to be God's servants. So in that manner, we also can choose to be against God.

Keep in mind God created us, as well as the universe. There is always a punishment for sin. The wages of sin, in other words, the payment for sin is death. And so by sinning, we die. There isn't any way against that. Other than Jesus. Who saves us from death.

Therefore when asking why doesn't God save us, from sin, it's not that simple, nor is it complicated. God will save us, he has saved us, and he is saving us. All at once. So when we say that God allowed for something to happen, or when God says that... Etc. In reality, It's the butterfly effect of sin.

God isn't a puppeteer, but he is God, and he wants what is best for us.

When people say that God is with a nation, they are incorrect. God is with the world, and is for all. Not for one.

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Whew, that's a lot to take in. But Cam remembers this clearly.

While he doesn't remember what it was like to hate his dad, he probably never did?

This all ends, when the Lord says it does. When Cam said he accepted Christ, he, then and there, chose to forgive those who've wronged him. Turn the other cheek, ye know.