The Samaritan's Purse humanitarian aid ministry interview Keith and Jakeitha Holt, who were negatively impacted by the devastation of Hurricane Helene in North Carolina. (Credit: Samaritan's Purse)

Life feels impossible, practically undoable, for so many. From hurricanes and extreme loss to failing relationships and financial stress. All around us, we see so much suffering. And we have so many questions about why life hurts. We want answers to why it happens, and we want relief from how we feel.

Why does God allow sin and suffering to pass through His hands into our lives? Why does He permit that which He hates to come to fruition? We know suffering should not surprise us, but somehow it still does. We know that the promise of Scripture is that we will suffer, but this is not one of the promises we like to showcase. We like promises of flourishing and overcoming, not suffering. Yet both are true.

We see this in Christ, our suffering Savior. Everything He accomplished for us, the rebellious, was through suffering, "being obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross." (Rom 5:19) . But suffering did not have the final word. He defeated death and destroyed the one who has the power of death. Christ suffered (by His own choosing) for our sin so that He might bring us to God. The suffering of........

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