SO MUCH HAS BEEN WRITTEN ABOUT SUFFERING. HOW CAN A LOVING GOD ALLOW SUCH? HOW CAN HE STAND IT? I BELIEVE THAT WE CAN ONLY UNDERSTAND SUFFERING AS WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE NATURE AND PURPOSE OF GOD, AND WE MAY ONLY KNOW GOD THROUGH HIS ONLY BEGOTTEN SON. JESUS TOLD US THAT NO ONE KNOWS THE FATHER EXCEPT THE SON AND ANYONE TO WHOM THE SON REVEALS THE FATHER. AND IN ORDER TO KNOW THE SON, WE NEED THE HOLY SPIRIT OF GOD ABOUT WHOM JESUS SAID, “HE SHALL GLORIFY ME; FOR HE SHALL TAKE OF MINE AND SHALL DISCLOSE IT TO YOU. ALL THINGS THAT THE FATHER HAS ARE MINE; THEREFORE, I SAID THAT HE TAKES OF MINE AND WILL DISCLOSE IT TO YOU.” John 16:14-15

ONLY AS WE STUDY THE LIFE OF JESUS, WITH THE HELP OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, CAN WE BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE MEANING OF SUFFERING.

Rosemary E Hyslop  Keystone Heights, Florida