Christians
believe that God is able to use suffering for our good and for the good of
others as well. Suffering is not the
enemy of the Christian. Jesus suffered
before His death. He knew what it was
like to face such things, and He knew what it was to pray for God to take away
the suffering. At the same time Jesus
put God's purposes before His own desire to end the suffering. Jesus suffered immensely on the cross, but
God used that suffering to save the world.
Suffering often turns us to God.
Suffering and the Christian's response to it may turn others toward
God. Suffering can deepen our faith and
it can strengthen our souls. It is a key
ingredient to life; it shapes us, brings out the good in us, and makes us what
we would not have been otherwise. God is
able to bring good out of evil and tragedy.
--
Adam Hamilton in Confronting the Controversies
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