There is a prayer most of us have prayed at some point — the kind that feels urgent, desperate, and deeply personal. We bring it to God again and again. Days stretch into weeks, weeks into months, and sometimes months into years. And still, heaven seems quiet. If you have ever knelt in that silence, you are not alone. The apostle Paul knelt there too.
Read the source article from Kenneth Berding and Keith R. Krell, whose work on 2 Corinthians 12 forms the foundation for this reflection.
The Human Condition: We Were Made for Strength We Cannot Produce
Before we can understand why God allows suffering, we must understand what Scripture says about the human condition that makes suffering so disorienting. We were created in the image of God — designed for communion with Him, for flourishing, for shalom. But sin shattered that design. As Paul writes in Romans,
