The saddest thing in life and the hardest to live through is the knowledge that there is someone you love very much whom you cannot save from suffering.
03089 – Saddest and Hardest
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03008 – Sending Help
A man stands before God, his heart breaking from the pain and injustice in the world. "Dear God," he cries, "look at all the suffering, the anguish, and distress in your world. Why don't you send help?" God responds, "I did send help. I sent you."
02834 – God is Sovereign
I have been asked hundreds of times in my life why God allows tragedy and suffering. I have to confess that I really do not know the answer totally, even to my own satisfaction. I have to accept, by faith, that God is sovereign, and He is a God of love and mercy and...
02787 – Calling Things What They Are
Let's just call things what they are. When a man's love of finery clouds his moral judgment, that is vanity. When he lets a demanding palate make his moral choices, that is gluttony. When he ascribes the divine will to his own whims, that is pride. And when he gets...
02719 – Sit with Someone
You can't change the outcome, but you can sit with someone while they're going on their journey and just say, I see you and I'm here with you and I know you're suffering.
02707 – God Who Suffers
Christianity is the only world religion that confesses a God who suffers. It is not that popular an idea, even among Christians. We prefer a God who prevents suffering, only that is not the God we have got. What the Cross teaches us is that God's power is not the...
02703 – Relieving Human Suffering
I am convinced that Christians, Buddhists, Muslims, Hindus, Jews, and others can embrace each other in a common effort to relieve human suffering and to espouse peace.
02691 – We Don’t Want to See Suffering
Salvation in Jesus’ name is treated as a cure all. Supposedly, there is no suffering once we join the church, and if there is any cause for discomfort, then we vote the pastor out at the next business meeting. Ironically, we worship Jesus, who showed his wounds, but...
02678 – Christianity is a Lifestyle
Christianity is a lifestyle--a way of being in the world that is simple, non-violent, shared, and loving. However, we made it into an established "religion" (and all that goes with that) and avoided the lifestyle change itself. One could be warlike, greedy, racist,...
02641 – Overcoming Suffering
Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it.