Why Suffering Is Good
Why suffering is good. God is a good parent and wants his children to grow. And indeed he who pursues pleasure as good and avoids pain as evil is guilty of impiety Marcus Aurelius. That sinful nature contributes to physical and mental disorders as well as traits that cause people to harm one another.
Suffering is knowing your roof will leak in the next rainstorm. Suffering is good when it helps overcome and make sense of trauma vices the burden of adult responsibilities or when it teaches you how to sacrif. Why do good people suffer.
Suffering is a good thing because it refines our thought life. Suffering will indeed come but God can give us grace and power to overcome every trial and to fulfill our purpose and mission in His kingdom. Suffering is good when it leads to personal growth.
This does not mean that people who are suffering are always the cause of their own suffering. Jesus said that suffering can be for Gods glory John 91-7. To glorify God we need mature faith not childlike faith and thats why we must go through adversity and experience pain and suffering.
While the Bible has valuable things to say on the topic of suffering it doesnt directly answer our question. Suffering can build our faith so we can serve God better. Psychologist Paul Bloom on the importance of suffering the shortcomings of hedonism and why he would never plug into the Matrix.
By Sean Illing seanilling seanilling. A good life is painful. The Bible gives counsel on the meaning of suffering and how we can best endure it.
Much of our suffering results from our sinful nature which both good and bad people have inherited. Often people suffer because of the sins of others.
Suffering will indeed come but God can give us grace and power to overcome every trial and to fulfill our purpose and mission in His kingdom.
Its hard to have an effect on anything if its easy. Difficulty is a signal youre doing something right and you should struggle and even suffer but its ultimately rewarding. Read the list below of scriptures mentioning the suffering we all must encounter. By Sean Illing seanilling seanilling. Suffering can build our faith so we can serve God better. Personally I believe reducing unnecessary suffering is one of the most important things one could do in life to improve their overall quality of life and happiness. Rather it focuses on how we should respond. While the Bible has valuable things to say on the topic of suffering it doesnt directly answer our question. And though suffering is painful and we should do whatever we can to avoid causing it God can even use suffering to produce good.
Read the list below of scriptures mentioning the suffering we all must encounter. He will give us the comfort peace patience and strength we need. Suffering is knowing your roof will leak in the next rainstorm. You do not make decisions like you once did and this causes you enormous pain. Clearly suffering was brought into the world as a result of sin. Answer 1 of 7. And the Bible teaches us to bring this message to those in the midst of suffering.
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