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We serve and love God and Jesus Christ, but something bad still happens to us. We find that for all our faith and good works, trouble still besets us. I hear people ask an age old question in moments such as this; they ask “How could a good and loving God let this happen?” or, “If Jesus loves me then why does He allow me, or my loved ones, to suffer like this?” These questions are nothing new, and they come in response to Satan’s prodding as he challenges us with these same questions. Martha asked herself the same things when her brother Lazarus died, and even confronted Jesus by saying…

How do we look to God in our times of trouble? Do we pray to Him for help, and faithfully continue in those prayers for His deliverance in spite of our suffering, or do we blame Him for allowing such a predicament to have befallen us? Do we believe that He is there with us, and stand firm in the courage that His promise provides us, or do we fall prey to a feeling of abandonment, and quake with fear? Let’s ask ourselves this question again… How do we look to God in our times of trouble?