by Mike James

“Only great pain is the ultimate liberator of the spirit…. I doubt that such pain makes us ‘better’; but I know that it makes us more profound.”—Frederich Nietzsche.

“To live is to suffer, to survive is to find some meaning in the suffering.”—Nietzsche

“That which does not kill us makes us stronger.”—Nietzsche

I don’t know if Nietzsche read his Bible, but he seemed to know a bit about pain and suffering.

One of the primary arguments non-believers make against Christianity is that if God is good and defined as love, why does He allow so much pain and suffering in the world? Obviously, since He is God, He would have the capability to remove the pain and suffering. This is a bigger question than I have the room to address in this short blog, but I want to provide a partial answer by addressing the positive side of pain.