We can learn to trust Him

For our present troubles are small and won’t last very long. Yet they produce for us a glory that vastly outweighs them and will last forever! (2 Corinthians 4:17 NLT)

 There’s a lot of pain in this world. The topic of human suffering winds its way through every period of history as we collectively try to understand its causes. Specifically, how can a good God allow suffering?
 My younger self would hear someone ask this question of how could a good God allow such horrible things to happen, and I would feel a wave of panic, as if me not saying the right thing would cause another person’s faith in God to die.
 But we all know people who, in the face of heart-rending loss, suffering, and pain have burrowed deeper into their faith and confidence in God, or even those whose sufferings have led them to God. Of course, there are others whose pain and struggle have convinced them that there is no God—or if there is, that He cares very little for the pain of His creations.
 I don’t think there’s a fully satisfying answer for how God can be both good and loving and allow the horrible suffering humanity has endured. Maybe even if He Himself explained it, we still wouldn’t understand, because we simply cannot know what He knows or see what He sees. But we can learn to trust Him, and no one can make that choice for us. —Marie Alvero [1]

 You don’t really know Jesus is all you need until Jesus is all you have. —Tim Keller (1950-2023)

[1] Activated The Three Siblings