[Sheryl R]

I’ve been reading these expressions from a lot of people who have great faith. There’s so much suffering in this world. I’d like to add a few scriptural thoughts to the discussion that have helped me to keep a positive attitude.

The account of Job in the Bible shows clearly that it’s not our loving heavenly Father who is causing us all these problems, but it is his enemy. And Jesus also made that clear at John 8:44 when he called the devil “a murderer from the beginning”, referring to the Genesis account of how sin and death entered the world.  The fact that Jesus healed people when he was on earth shows us that God wants us to be healthy. He even brought dead persons back to life, showing that God  wants us to live. It was his original purpose for the first human couple to have children and spread the paradise garden throughout the earth; a happy, healthy family taking care of the planet, the animals and each other. (Genesis 1:28)

I recommend the website: jw.org for information about how the human family will be healed under Christ’s Kingdom in the near future. Go to: Bible Teachings, Bible Questions Answered, and the heading: Suffering, for a thorough discussion of why God has allowed this temporary time of trouble. I hope that you will find it as comforting as I have to know that there are much better times ahead.