Now we come to a topic that has caused much grief and heartache on your planet.

If I am an all loving, benevolent being, then why do I let people suffer and die in some of the most horrible ways someone can imagine?

Before I answer, I want to tell you that there is a plan for your life. 

When I created all the spirits who have ever lived, I gave each and every one of them free will.  I will never, ever intrude upon that free will.  I will always let my creations do what they want without fear of my punishing them for their actions.  Therefore, I cannot control anyone.  I do not control you.

Therefore, when there is a murder, I did allow it.  But I allow everything else upon your planet to happen without my interfering.  I allow you to go to the bathroom without me interfering.  I allow children to laugh and play in the grass without me controlling them.

Free will is a wonderful gift.  Some choose to use their gift in ways that are not beneficial to them or to others. 

On to the second part of the question.  Why do I allow people to suffer long and debilitating diseases in hospitals?  Why do I allow people to suffer from extended and unnecessary pain?

You may not like my answer.

The first point I wish to make with you is that I do not put you through any pain.  I do not control your life unless you give me permission to do so.  And even then, I never put my children through any pain, for it is not in my plan for my children to suffer and undergo extreme pain.  And if you encounter pain when you give me permission to control your life, it always comes from others, not me.

So when you are suffering, know that it is not my will that is causing it.  But if it is not my will causing your pain, then who's is it?  Here is the part where you might not like my answer.

Before you come to this earth, you make a life plan that outlines all that you wish to accomplish and do on your planet.  This plan includes your career, your country of birth, your parents and your method of death.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Before you came to this earth, you choose how you are going to leave the physical plain. 

I am not surprised if you think that is insane.  "How on earth could I have done that?!" you ask.  "Why would I want to undergo such pain and suffering?!"  Remember my child that when you are a spirit, you see things much differently then you do as a human.  You see how everything comes together, how everything is interconnected and related to one another.

Most of the time, your illnesses are chosen to be opportunities.  If you are a giver in life, with no time taken for yourself, then your illness could be an opportunity to receive, rather then give.  If you are slowly dying of cancer, it is an opportunity to evaluate your relationship with me, and decide how you want me to fit into your life. 

Your suffering and your illnesses are really opportunities for you to discover how strong you are, opportunities for you to examine what you see to be important, and opportunities for you to examine your relationship with me. 

I do not include pain in my plan.  You chose what you go through in life. 

Sometimes things do not go as they should.  Sometimes another individual uses his or her free will to come in and disrupt things.  Sometimes people come home before their scheduled time.  Plans can be interrupted and broken, but this is the result of others free will, not me.

In short, you chose your major illnesses before you came to earth.  You chose your life plan.  Sometimes these plans are easy and smooth.  Sometimes they are filled with great hardship and suffering.  For those who chose suffering and hardship, they wished to have opportunities to overcome obstacles and become stronger.

Yes, some do choose to be born poor.  Yes, some do choose to be born mentally handicapped.  Some even choose to be abused as a child.  The reasons for all these is that the spirit wants to learn to overcome these challenges.  Sometimes it does, sometimes it does not.  If a spirit does not overcome its challenges, it simply tries again in another lifetime if it wants to.

But again, free will is a very important factor in life plans.  Your life plan does not always go according to how you wrote it.  Others can come in and set things in motion that were not supposed to happen.

If you remember nothing else regarding suffering, remember this:  Suffering is an opportunity for you to find your strength, to evaluate what you see to be important, and to evaluate your relationship with me. 

And know that I do not send you pain.  I do not test you, nor do I put you through ordeals to test your faith.  Why would I do such a thing?  I do not want to harm my children or make them suffer.