Suffering as Achievement:
It is easy to affirm life when things go well. The challenge for us is to continue in life even when fate takes bad turns. Were we to give up when confronted by pain, or a crisis, many lives would be lost unnecessarily, many ideas stifled, and many achievements never realized.
The right kind of suffering, that is, not masochistic but necessary suffering, is a genuine human achievement, for it is only human will and determination that urges us on in the suffering situation.
We do not know Why
Ultimately, it is impossible to explain the necessity of Godly intervention in terms of punishment, because we cannot really know why God has punished, or why God decided to spare us punishment. We cannot apprehend God’s reasons. We are stuck with the questions.
Some questions have answers; the questions related to suffering have responses – positive reactions to reaffirm life.
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