In my opinion, one of the hardest truths of Christianity is the fact that God is sovereign, all-powerful, all-benign, yet we as followers of Jesus experience suffering. Too many times, when we or someone we know is experiencing a difficult and trying time, we just say something stupid and trite, or we throw up our hands and pull the "you gotta have faith God will bring you through" card. Instead, we ought to search Scripture--
especially the life of Jesus--for answers. And while we certainly won't get all of the answers we'd like, but God
does provide sufficient comfort and knowledge of himself for us to cling to Jesus through difficult, desperate times.
Laura Story wrote an amazing song, "Blessings" that addresses suffering in the life of a follower of Jesus. This week's video is
her story behind the song. She admits that she and her husband, Martin (who was diagnosed with a brain tumor about five years ago) "still have more questions than answers." The best quote from Laura's explanation of the song is, "Could God possible be blessing us through not giving us the things we're praying for?" I highly recommend you take the time to watch the whole thing:
And if you've never heard the song, here's a rendition of "Blessings" Laura did on KLOVE:
