by Laverne Riley

Created on: March 21, 2009

Suffering - Images of A Caring GodNow I am deeply troubled, and I don't know what to say.Should I ask my Father to keep me from this time of suffering?
No! For this is the reason I came into the world-that I might go through this hour of suffering.
John 12:27
Did God create leprechauns and fairies?
In attempting to answer this question, one will most assuredly find themselves in the midst of a lively debate or heated discussion. People become even more animated and passionate with their replies to the question of why those they love have to suffer and often experience a horrible death. In their pain, people often lay the blame at the hands of God.

Everyone, even professing Christians will at one time or another raise one or all of the following questions.
It's not fair!

Where's the justice?
Why do innocent people have to suffer at the hands of evil people?
Why does God allow suffering in our world if he is in control and can prevent it?
How can these be the acts of a just and benevolent God?
I ask youIs it God's desire that we experience so much suffering and pain?
The answer to this question is an irrevocable NO, NOPE, NADA.
God never wanted us nor His creation to have to slowly decay, and die. Nor did He wish for each of us to experience untold suffering and pain.

Yet all of us are born into suffering and we'll struggle daily against physical, emotional and spiritual abuses until the day we leave this often lonely, unfriendly and at times hellish existence.
God's word clearly reveals to us that not one of us is exempt from pain and sorrow and in most instances we are the cause of our own pain and suffering. Like Adam, when we choose to turn a deaf ear to God's voice and willingly disobey Him, we not only harm ourselves, but also those we love. Clearly our actions affect everyone else around us and our world at large.
In our pain, we ask God. Why am I suffering like this? Am I being punished?
It will be necessary for everyone to suffer or experience some degree of pain or prolonged sorrow throughout their lifetime and for some, quite possibly the suffering will last for all of eternity!
Can this statement be even remotely true?
Yes, it is true. All of us will experience suffering through our socialcultural interactions and sadly through religious channels as well. Even old mother nature herself will seem to be our enemy and at odds with us. I hope this article will provide more answers then it does questions and that by the end of it you will come to have an understanding of

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