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Question

Christians why do good godly people suffer who love God and love thier families, a person my husband and I know is very ill and if a miracle does not happen he will pass away. Two people who I love with all my heart I come to find out have cancer and they are such wonderful people. Why do good people suffer and the wicked seem to get away with everything and no ills befall them? It just hurts me so much that good godly people are suffering when they invest thier lives in thier familys.

I would ask that I would recieve no sarcasm or smart remarks but this is a question both my husband and I ask. What is your take on good people suffering?

Answer 1

Remember, as Christians, we shouldn't fear death. Our belief teaches us that Jesus gave us victory over death. When we die we come alive again in a better place. And remember that this world is not perfect - there are viruses, parasites, pollutants, category 5 hurricanes, and bad people. Please don't expect perfection from an imperfect world. But expect and lean on God's love and grace and mercy. That is the way that Christians should thrive in a world where too many people suffer. Lastly, the suffering of others is an opportunity for us to minister.

Answer 2

I'm sorry that your family and friends are suffering so.
Disease does not discriminate. Good godly people suffer illness. Innocent little children suffer illness. All people from all walks of life perish every day due to illness. As far as wicked people getting away with everything, that's not true. Their judgment will come in the end, if not during life, right? You reap what you sow. The end comes too early for wonderful people sometimes.

I too am afflicted with an incurable disease. I contracted it as an infant. I do not blame it on anyone. One day if no cure is found I will suffer from it's affects. My good loving family will suffer. I make the most of every day I have been given. I have learned to accept that bad things just happen, and I love even more because of this.

Answer 3

I am so sorry that you and you family and friends are suffering like this. I lost my Dad to cancer about 2 years ago. I will pray for you.

May I suggest a different way to look at this? This earth life is so short, we come, we learn, we go back home. The most important thing we learn is that God loves us, and suffers with us when we suffer. Everyone on earth has pain, has separation, which is all that death is - it is only temporary separation.

The most important thing is to make sure that we tell God just like His Son, "Thy will be done." When you are able to sincerely say this from your heart, love and peace will come to you. You will know that no matter what happens, God will turn your tears to joy, and your pain and suffering will make you a better person.

Try not to make your husband's passing a time when you rail against God. Spend each moment with him that you can, and let him go when it's time.

God bless you in this terrible time. I am crying for you right now. I know how much it hurts.

Answer 4

I know how you feel, I just lost a beloved son in law this month. He was still young in years. but I believe that there is no one who can answer this question except God. He was a devout Christian, and loved God with all of his heart. He kept a written journal of prayers and his daily activities,his fears, his sufferings, and his joys, from the day he found out he had cancer. Over a year. His last entry was two days before he died. He trusted God throughout this ordeal and believed in a healing through life or through death. Well just have to wait until we see God face to face for an answer, and I,m sure it will be a good one.

Answer 5

That is always tough, I would read Proverbs a really neat book all about how the wicked people of the earth will succeed in their schemes, how life will seem unfair and how do we cope in the face of ever-present adversity.

It really is one of life's mysteries: why do bad things happen to good people. And I wonder some time if we will ever know the answer, even on the other side.

For many I know that is a deal-breaker and they can't believe in God therefore because He is not just or kind; or He is too arbitrary and cruel. To me what they are really saying is "If I were God, I wouldn't do things the way He does!" which of course makes no sense.

But the beauty of our faith is that God promises a world with no suffering, no pain, no tears...to all who would come to Him in faith.

I believe.

Answer 6

I think that's a question all people ask at one time or another in their lives. Suffering dose happen to good and bad people, Whether it's and illness or death of a loved one or even the loss of a home or life savings can be painfully suffering too. Their are many other ways of suffering it doesn't have to result in death. I'm really sorry you and your husband are suffering to because of the illnesses of your family and friends. God doesn't discriminate, he loves us all the same. Don't ask why God is making good people suffer instead ask him to touch the body and souls of the sick with his healing hands and that may be in the way of taking them home with him. So pray and let God know you will except which ever one of his healing powers he blesses your family and friends with. God Bless you.

Answer 7

In the natural we assume dying is bad. Yet, if heaven and God is all that the Christians say it is why wouldn't it be a blessing? In the natural we do not like to see anyone hurting. Yet, we know that often who we are is clearly defined by what we have overcome through endurance. So pain has its place and purpose just like dying has its. IF we really believe what we say then we should take comfort in knowing these good people will rest in a place far greater than what could be given here. We should believe that this person or people have completed their journey and simply put, have gone home. The suffering is not theirs but ours in our missing and longing for them.
P.S.......it wouldn't be normal if we didn't hurt when we see others in pain.

Answer 8

Sweetheart, please know that I feel your pain. My dad passed away in 2000 and I miss him so much. He was the most Godly person I have known and a true example of God's love manisfest here on earth. The summer before Jesus called him home he and my mom spent on an Indian reservation helping the local pastors. They (my parents) had opened our home to people who had been kicked out of their own homes, on drugs, and all manner of issues, to show those people the love of God. How could God take a person like that and leave people who are mean, evil, wicked, and nasty? I'll tell you. God says in His word that it rains on the just and the unjust. Our rewards will be in Heaven and those will be for eternity. satan is the ruler of this world and his main event is to rob, steal and destroy. What better way than to attack the righteous and Godly? Please understand that the things that you have listed are STRAIGHT from the PIT and soon his day will soon come to an end. Stay strong in the Lord and find peace in His loving arms.

Answer 9

Hi encourager4God,

Romans 5:3 says "Not only that, but we also boast in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance,
endurance produces character, and character produces hope. " - and hope does not dissapoint

I cant wait until the next time I suffer or go through a tough time!

God puts us through tough times. in this way we grow and become stronger. God does not spoil His children and give them a luxurious life, because have you seen what happens to children who's parents spoil them? the become immature brats.

Anyway this life is nothing, just a breath, whats 70-80 years (if you get there).

Jesus, the 12 apostles, the prophets, godly people: most were persecuted, stoned, killed, abandoned, hated, thrown to lions, wandered about from cave to cave with hardly any food. the world was not worthy of them. (hebrews chapter 11)

this life is not worth comparing to what will be revealed in the next.

Answer 10

God makes the sun to shine on the good and the bad alike, and the rain to fall on the just and the unjust. (Matthew 5:45)

Suffering is always something of a mystery, especially when it happens to good people, but when did God ever say that He would spare us from suffering? He didn't. He didn't even spare His own Son. If He didn't spare His Son, then how can we expect that He will spare us?

It's a mistake to think that earthly blessings (health, wealth, and so on) are a sign of favor from God; and it's an even worse mistake to think that their opposites (bad health and poverty) are punishments. Read the lives of the saints. Many of them served God heroically but suffered tremendously.

Your friends who now are suffering have been called to be particularly close to Jesus right now. Jesus didn't come to remove suffering and death, but rather to fill them with His presence.