| ONE OF the oldest books in the world states, "Man is born totrouble as surely as sparks fly upward" (Job 5:7). Never have these words been truer than today. The whole world is sighing and suffering on a scale perhapsnot known in human history: the refugees, the starving, the"new slaves," the psychological woes, the emotional turmoils,the broken marriages, the rebellions children, the terrorism,the hostages, the wars, and a thousand other troubles whichbeset every country in the world. There are no peopleanywhere that are immune. The rich and famous suffer as wellas the poor and obscure. As the late actor Peter Sellers said,"Behind the mask of all us clowns is sadness and brokenhearts." It seems that the human race may well be heading towardthe climax of the tears, hurts, and wounds of the centuries--Armageddon! Suffering is the common lot of all people everywhere--believers and non-believers alike. But Christians often havetheir own particular types of sufferings in addition to thenormal range of human miseries. Many times they sufferbecause they are followers of Jesus Christ. And many timesthey cry out with the psalmist, "Has God forgotten to be merciful? Has he in anger withheld his compassion?"(Ps.77:9). |
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