Why Does God Allow Suffering?

There are many times we find ourselves in God’s mercy. There are inexplicable ways when certain things turn out that is impossible to explain sometimes. We allow ourselves to be either truly deprived or outshine in the situation. It is mostly during the darker times that we seek answers to questions we didn’t know we had in us buried deep down. Questions like why do we suffer? Or where are heaven and hell? What is mercy? And many more are bound to come up at one point in our life.

We are humans, and we have been built with emotions that are quite natural to take precedence sometimes. The sufferings that come our way in any form can be taken at our stride. Without suffering we wouldn’t appreciate the joys of life. There are books like Why God was written by Eric Klein that has Biblical words put down magically and answers common questions. One can seek refuge in such a parable and come to a path of knowingness instead of staying in the dark. It is only after knowing the words of God that we understand the true meaning of life.

Children, God, and suffering

For the children who ask such questions about suffering may try reading easy to read bible stories by Eric. It is a simpler version of the bible with a few sprinkles of humour and conversational writing.

Children have greater curiosity. They look around and absorb quite fast about what’s going on. The question, if they see a beggar outside, they question if they see negativity going on. They are sensitive and perhaps that’s why it makes it even better for them to ask about God and suffering. You could even come across questions like is Satan real? Or who is the antichrist, very frankly? The bible like-book for them is ideal for getting guidance for their confusion.

Many who read the bible or go to church but do not follow the words in daily life are often remarked as “are all Christian’s hypocrites?” This is a far generalization and it arouses fear in many too. We must not come in a conclusion before knowing the reality at its full length.

Try to read the books with an open-mind to get pure guidance from the words of Jesus and get the questions about suffering answered slowly. It is never too late.