Biblical Answer

Why Does God Allow Suffering?

God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains: it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world. C. S. Lewis, The Problem of Pain

It is not that God is silent. Rather, His silence is a sign that He is bringing us into a more wonderful understanding of Himself. The infinite-personal God, the full Trinitarian God, has not been silent. He has told us who He is through the Bible. We have the answer because God has revealed Himself to us.

Isnt God also this way? Doesnt He intervene in most of our lives in whispers, which we miss if we fail to recollect ourselves and pay careful attention? God's mysterious ways with Him are not always easy to understand. Even the Christ on the cross could cry, "Why hast thou forsaken me?" But when the man or woman of faith cries out like this, it is from a fundamental conviction that God loves us so much that He underwent incomprehensible suffering for us. When God asks us to undergo suffering that seems unmerited, pointless, or unjust, it is because He loves us so much that He wants to bring us closer to Himself. We should respond properly to God's silence by trusting Him and seeking a deeper understanding of His character and love for us.