On Suffering
There are some days I really wish I had all the answers. Or just a few more. There have been a number of people who have responded to my blog post last week on Sin, and to my sermon on lost and found on Sunday a week back, and just in general discussions, and a few conversations people have requested. Most get stuck at the question - how does God allow suffering? If God is as gracious as I would (boldly and wholeheartedly) proclaim then how can God allow people to suffer? It's not a new question. It's something Theologians and Philosophers have been struggling with for centuries. Our Hebrew/Christian Scriptures also wrestle with it - as is entirely appropriate for books which contain God's revelation of Godself to humanity. But there are no easy answers, no pat response. At least not from where I am sitting. Some traditions will say 'It's all God's will, so it's a mystery'. I get the second part of that, but I (like so many) don't get t...