I have read so many excellent posts on suffering recently - so many helpful insights. I am also reading Suffering and the Sovereignty of God (Piper and Taylor, 2006) and would like to share a short passage which is helping me to understand why suffering is in the world.
"I believe the entire universe exists to display the greatness of the glory of the grace of God....The glory of God shines most brightly, most fully, most beautifully in the manifestation of the glory of hs grace. Therefore, this is the ultimate aim and the final explanaion of all things - including suffering... Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came in the flesh to suffer and die and by that suffering and death, to save undeserving sinners like you and me. This coming to suffer and die is the supreme manifestation of the greatness of the glory of the grace of God.
Suffering is an essential part of the weaving of the tapestry of the universe so that the weaving of grace can be seen for what it really is."
2 comments:
What a rich and wonderful God we worship to create such beauty and glory from such dirty and broken materials.
I remember once JR preaching saying that God works through our obedience and our disobedience. But he prefers it when we obey.. I have always like that :-)
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