Joshua T. Berglan's Gratitude:unfiltered

“Why Does God Allow Suffering” Why Does God Allow Suffering? The world is crazy right now with gun violence, discrimination, racism, judgement, over sexualization of kids, religious persecution and so much more.  People are suffering and it seems like everyone is pointing the finger and blaming each other or even worse, blaming God.  If God is all knowing, all powerful and a God of love, then why does God allow suffering? On this episode of Gratitude:UnFiltered, we discuss this and I also provide a few reasons why God allows for suffering..  Repentance: Suffering is a call for us and others to turn from treasuring anything on earth above God. Luke 13:4–5:“Or those eighteen on whom the tower in Siloam fell and killed them: do you think that they were worse offenders than all the others who lived in Jerusalem? No, I tell you; but unless you repent, you will all likewise perish.”Reliance: Suffering is a call to trust God and not the life-sustaining props of this world. 2 Corinthians 1:8–9:We were so