John Mark McMillan wrote a song called "How He Loves"...The song is about John's struggle with his best friend's death; specifically why God, a supposed loving God, would allow his friend to die suddently in a car accident. The answer God spoke into John's heart was this: God allowed him to die because God did love him and was ready for him to come home.
John's friend was in a prayer meeting the morning before he died. In that prayer meeting, his friend prayed that whatever God required or asked of him for the message of Christ to be heard, be it life or death, he would give it.
Now, I'm not quick to believe that God said, "Aw'ite..." then *poof*, John's friend died. But I do know God gave every human being the right to make choices (like the right of John's friend to choose humbly, and the right of the driver who hit and killed John's friend to choose wrecklessly), yet reserved for himself the right to work any choice into his larger plan and purpose.
Listen to this quote from John:
I do believe the effect this song has had on people is part of a promise the Lord made when He took my friend home. I regularly receive messages from kids battling with depression and suicide who tell him the song turned them around, that it even saved their lives. I don't understand how all that works theologically. I just know that's the way it is.
Click here to read the words and watch a live performance of "How He Loves".
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