Loss & Pain
The Test of Faith: Through It All
2 years since the Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 crashed
It’s been two years since the Boeing 737 Max 8 aircraft crashed. This fatal incident occurred on 10th March 2019 when an Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302 travelling from Addis Ababa Bole International Airport in Ethiopia to Jomo Kenyatta International Airport in Nairobi, Kenya crashed killing its 157 passengers, including flight crew.
In the aftermath of this crash, religious communities, individuals of faith, Christians, Muslims, I mean people whose lives hinge on a belief in a supernatural existence like God were all found reeling in their faith, questioning God or whosoever according to their beliefs is the big man coordinating the affairs of this world. Why did he not intervene?
A friend asked me why God did not use the technical issue on the plane as an opportunity to reveal himself to the crew and the passengers and subsequently miraculously land the plane safely with no fatalities? How much profound a testimony that could have been. How staggering the numbers that would have gone out with this testimony of a God who is real and a God who can save.
To be honest, this was exactly how I felt — my very reaction when I first heard the news. I questioned and wondering why? Why…
