edge

When I lived in Romania, I saw a lot of awful things. I feel like I saw some of the saddest things in the whole world.

When you see people in pain or experience true injustice, you're faced with the task of figuring out how the loving God that you serve fits into all of it. I'm fortunate because long before I went to Romania, I had already wrestled with the question of why God allows evil in the world. But, I did learn something new when I was there. I learned to rest in the truth that God cares about our pain more than anyone else and He has a plan to end it.

If you ever feel like God doesn't care about the hurt you're experiencing, here are a few verses that speak to my soul about that very thing. They allow me to rest.

"The Lord is close to the brokenhearted and saves those who are crushed in spirit." Psalm 34:19
"I sought the Lord and he answered me, he delivered me from all my fears. Those who look to him are radiant, their faces are never covered with shame. This poor man called and the Lord heard him; he saved him out of all his troubles." Psalm 34:4-6
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God." 2 Corinithians 1:3-4
"He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away." Revelation 21:4

So those are just some verses that help me when I can't understand why people suffer or I question if God cares about our pain. When I read God's Word, my troubled spirit finds rest about the most unrestful of things and it can do the same for you!