God's ultimate answer to suffering isn't an explanation; it's His incarnation.
He isn't some distant, detached and disinterested deity; He entered our world
and personally experienced our pain.
Jesus is there in the lowest places of our lives. As philosopher Peter
Kreeft says: "Are you broken? He was broken, like bread, for us. Are you
despised? He was despised and rejected of men. Do you cry out that you can't
take any more? He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. Did someone
betray you? He was sold out. Are your most tender relationships broken? He
loved and was rejected.
"Jesus is much closer than your closest friend. Because if you've put
your trust in Him, then He is in you. And, therefore, your sufferings
are His sufferings; your sorrow is His sorrow."
So when tragedy strikes, when suffering comes, when you're wrestling
with pain – and when you make the choice to run into His arms, here's what
you're going to discover: peace to deal with the present, courage to deal with
your future and the incredible promise of eternal life in heaven.
"I have told you these things so that in Me you may have peace. You
will have suffering in this world. But be courageous! I have conquered the
world." (John 16:33)
-- Lee
Strobel in The Case for Christianity
Answer Book
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