To the Sufferers

I've had this note stirring within for almost 3 weeks now. It started with daily readings of a friend's journal whose wife is dying with cancer, then the death of an extremely beloved coach at WFU and then culminated after last week's tragedy in Minneapolis. What makes these events send shock waves to those suffering is that we come so naked before our Creator and find him so powerful, so big, so majestic and sometimes...so silent. Our God is not silent, however. He speaks, and often whispers or shouts (depending on our stubbornness) that his actions are directed at waking up this dying world. So to the sufferers out there: Know that he is not absent, nor silent. Find a way to listen to him and seek refuge in the only one who understands the purpose of pain.

Video by Don't Waste Your Life, featuring John Piper (Desiring God)