Why God Allows Suffering

No one wants to suffer and we often don’t understand why we do but God’s word sheds light and provides a way for us to find direction in the midst of our pain.

God didn’t create evil, man did. He will take our suffering and pain and turn it into good when we love Him and trust Him. Suffering and pain will be over soon and there will be no more of it. And all of our suffering and pain can’t compare with the goodness and joy we’ll experience in eternity one day.

In the midst of our pain, we can turn bitter or we can turn better. May we remember that God is with us during those painful moments and He understands pain and suffering, He understands brokenness and sorrow, He understands betrayal and forsakenness. For He went through all of these things on our behalf when He suffered and died on the cross simply because He loves us.

When going through difficult times in life, we have basically two options, we can turn away from God and try to handle it on our own or we can turn to God and trust in His love for us. Are you hurting today and don’t understand why? Turn to God and let Him assure you that He loves you and that one day, you will indeed “understand it better bye and bye.”