What if, instead of asking life or God what
the meaning of suffering is, it's God or life asking us what meaning we will find or create?
What if
the meaning of suffering is not to be found «out there», determined by God, or something which has an objective existence we can discover?
Second, there is
the meaning of the suffering of the Messiah, and consequently the question about the suffering of God as disclosure of the way love redeems.
More recently, the sickness and death of a young friend, and a devastating relational rupture that left me badly hurt and in need of healing, have required me to struggle with
the meaning of suffering.
On May 21st, let's all publicly announce to anyone around us that we try better to grasp
the meaning of suffering in the human condition and do try better at alleviating it, in our own lives and those of others.
We should speak therefore of
the meaning of suffering in God with the greatest restraint.
These three traditions engage me by the power of their stories, the seriousness with which they address
the meaning of suffering, and their...
It's a good read but contains much that can be used for private reflection:
the meaning of suffering, relationships, how they help and hinder our search for God.
Christians would continue to struggle with
the meaning of suffering and evil in the good world that God had made.
This meaning of suffering as being acted upon is essential here entirely apart from suffering as the undergoing of pain, although of course pain is one form of suffering.
They did seem to grow in their depth of understanding
the meaning of suffering and sacrifice in the Christian life.
These three traditions engage me by the power of their stories, the seriousness with which they address
the meaning of suffering, and their strange, even fierce, attitude toward God.
When Julius gets ill, Thom's Catholicism and the Geico Gecko offer dueling takes on
the meaning of suffering.
Sam Worthington is the man grieving his daughter, who finds a letter which may or may not tell him where her remains are buried, as well as explaining
the meaning of suffering.