#14

There is no definite meaning for suffering, in my opinion. God never gives us a complete answer. We do know that God has suffered with us (Jesus dying on the cross for us). Jesus overcame suffering, evil, and death by resurrecting and showing that evil does not have the final word. For Christians, the meaning of suffering is to relate to God in the only true way possible. I don't understand suffering or why it happens, but I do feel that we suffer so that we can have a real connection with God and Jesus and felt the way that He felt when he died on the cross for us.