The question of why God allows people to suffer is an age-old question for those who believe in him. Why does He put his followers through tests of faith and continue to let them suffer with what seems of no relief in sight? The Bible tells us in Revelations 21:4 that there is coming a time when sorrow, tears, pain, and death will pass away. There will be this day when God will wipe away all tears from the eyes of His children, and their sorrow will end forever. However, at the present time, humans must face the undeniable fact that people do suffer. It's a fact of life. Sickness, sorrow and suffering are in all walks of life. At this very moment a person can probably think of a handful of others who are suffering greatly. It just doesn't seem fair. What might possibly be the method to His madness? One can never know for certain until death when they encounter their creator, or possibly when they don't. But until then, there is always speculation.

According to the Bible, when God created man everything was perfect. There was no pain or suffering that came upon Adam and Eve. Only when they disobeyed God did Adam have to work hard to grow food and Eve have to feel labor pains d

Another such reason for suffering might be to help direct one of His flock back to the faith. There have been countless tragedies where people turned back to God because they feared Him. Just recently after the World Trade Center tragedy, churches and temples across the nation were filled to capacity-and not just for funerals. People turned back to God out of fear and turned to Him for answers so that He might be able to help them. When things are going good, few people turn to God and say thank you. Would the leper in Matthew 8:2 go see Jesus if he was fine and dandy? What about the blind man in Luke 18:35? Would he have had such strong faith in God's word if he were able to see like his peers? Only when they fear or are in a time of help do they turn to their creator. It is these examples from the Bible as well as observations in the current world that help prove this. God may sacrifice a few who have served their main purpose in life and are ready to met Him for the benefit of others so that they may also be able to look Him in the face.

uring birth (Genesis 2-3). It is here that the investigating shall begin.

Sometimes God might see the need to push someone a bit to help them develop more or to toughen them up so that they can go on and be adept at dealing with problems and situations that might be coming in the future. There is a song that goes "onward Christian soldiers." Using that analogy, perhaps God allows some things to happen to good people so that they will be become tougher and able to handle more than they were able to before. He is the drill sergeant for His soldiers, getting them through the boot camp that is life.

But what is the point of this suffering? If man is sinful by nature, then something must be wrong in the design, right? Well, perhaps this suffering occurs because God is trying to show man that something is wrong. If there is a child who has a consistent bad habit, will not the child's parent continually punish him until he learns not to do the habit anymore? Something must be wrong because if there was not, then there would be no suffering or death as was in the Garden

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