Sunday a week ago, the newspaper headline was just sickening. We saw the picture of State Trooper Calvin Jenks, age 24, whose body had been found beside his cruiser in rural Tipton County. Two suspected drug dealers have been arrested and charged with his murder. Calvin moved to the Memphis area last July to be near his fiancé, a student at the UT Medical School. They married in September and absolutely adored each other.
After just three months of married life, Calvin was gunned down by criminals. (1) That’s not just unfair. That’s absolutely rotten.
Why is life so unfair? Haven’t all of us asked that question at one time or another? Most of us know that God did not cause Trooper Jenks’ death or other awful tragedies. The Bible states clearly that “God does not willingly afflict or grie…