Some Thoughts on Suffering

If no one ever suffered, we would never be compelled to help one another. If we never experienced suffering, would we ever have reason to turn to God for comfort, or struggle to learn to trust him, or desire to grow closer to his heart? Without suffering, there would never be true appreciation of real joy. Without suffering, we would never understand the reality that we live in a fallen world, that we are touched by sin, and that we need God; we would be like spoiled children unaware of anything outside our own comfort and ease.