>>>But the whole point is that you don't have to work to gain God's grace much like you don't require your childern to work for your love. It's unconditional at any time, even on their or your death bed.
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>>If your children were starving, would you give them food? If you saw one walking into the street in front of a bus, would you try to stop him/her? Believe me, whatever God feels for us, it sure doesn't qualify as 'love'.
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>I'm sorry you fell that way Alan. But perhaps God wants people like yourself, who are caring and loving, to help those people that are in need.

But God is all powerful and omniscient. He knows that children are going to die of starvation regardless of how many people try to help. He also knows how many people will try to help and how many will hinder that help. He knows innocents will die for no good reason. If He loves us so much, I just don't understand His not lifting a hand to help. And it's no good telling me that God works in mysterious ways. That's just a cop out.

Seriously, is that how you see love? If you child were starving would you really sit back and wait for somebody else to do something about it?