Blog Post 12/29/2022 - Suffering?

 

Suffering is beyond our understanding so we can only bless it with the CARE we give!

Upon first reading about Job, we would not be inclined to rush out and invite him for a meal.  Job said, “Is not man’s live on earth a drudgery?”  “I shall not see happiness again.”  If today you found out that you were going to lose all of your material possessions, how would you react?     

 

That is some of what Job lost and part of the reason for his gloom.  To be sure Job lost more important parts of his life: his children and friends.  So today I want you to reflect on suffering!  Suffering is a profoundly difficult human problem to deal with, to comprehend!

 

Why is there suffering if God is all loving, all good and all-powerful?  Why does anyone suffer?

Why does God permit suffering?  Well, I don’t know!

 

You & I will not fully understand the why of suffering until we arrive at our eternal reward.

Eugene Kennedy said, “Heartbreak is impossible unless there is great love.  Without love, sorrow and tears would disappear.”

But Why?  Our loving God and Creator sent us His Son, who showed us how to handle suffering.

When Jesus suffered, He offered His suffering to God the Father and it was anointed [blessed] by the Holy Spirit, and good came from it.  We usually don't know the good, until we get to the "land of the living" when all tears and sorrow will end.

May God Be Praised.

 

"Lord, may we praise You with our words, share You with our actions, and embrace You with our hearts & souls.  Give us the grace to look forward to Your return & be ready for it."