{"id":3595,"date":"2025-09-19T11:47:55","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=3595"},"modified":"2025-09-19T11:47:55","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T11:47:55","slug":"blog-september-19th-how-can-a-god-of-love-allow-suffering-part-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/risen.org.uk\/?p=3595","title":{"rendered":"Blog September 19th How Can A God Of Love Allow Suffering? Part Two"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Here I Am Because I Love You featuring Lucy Stimpson- Maynard from the album Where Would I Be Without You? recorded and produced by Ross Gill<\/p>\n

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How can a God of love all the suffering there is in the world? This a most challenging question which I have written about before \u2013 in, for example 2016 and 2022.\u00a0 However, I would like to share some other insights \u2013 today from The Word For Today written by Bob and Debbie Gass:<\/p>\n

A pastor writes: \u2018All of us want every day to be a good day. But if every day was a good day, there would be no \u201cgood\u201d days, because there wouldn\u2019t be any bad days to compare the good days to\u2026Sickness helps us appreciate health. Failure helps us appreciate success. Debt helps us appreciate wealth. And the tough times help us appreciate the good times\u2026Adversity is often the seedbed of opportunity [because it has] a way of bringing the best out of us\u2026Adversity is often a blessing in disguise.<\/p>\n

‘We dream of zero gravity. We imagine what life would be like without any problems or issues or challenges. But from a biological perspective, zero gravity is hazardous to your health. Astronauts who spend any length of time in zero gravity experience serious medical complications. Without any resistance, they lose muscle mass and bone density, they experience high pulse rates and heart palpitations, and they can barely walk after re-entering the earth\u2019s atmosphere. We may dream of zero gravity, but what we really need is a healthy dose of adversity. The people God uses the most are often the people who have experienced the most adversity. This isn\u2019t necessarily\u2026what you want to read, but it\u2019s true. Adversity can produce an increased capacity to serve God.\u2019<\/p>\n

Why? Because adversity causes us to turn to God, lean on God, seek God, and get to know God in a way we otherwise wouldn\u2019t. Some of God\u2019s greatest promises in Scripture begin with the words \u2018to him who overcomes\u2019. The Bible says, \u2018People who know their God shall be strong, and carry out great\u00a0exploits<\/em>\u2019 (Daniel 11:32 NKJV).<\/p>\n

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