Where is god when it hurts poem

    where is god when it hurts poem
    where is god when it hurts
    1. Where is god when it hurts poem

      2. Within the realm freewill exists, A holy war takes place, A time each victim still persists.

    2. Within the realm freewill exists, A holy war takes place, A time each victim still persists.
    3. Where is God when it hurts?
    4. Pain, however meaningless it may seem at the time, can be transformed.
    5. A shviti is an image (usually of God's name) designed as a focus for meditation on the presence of the divine.
    6. I know you are hurting, you wish it would cease, you pray for my strength, and some sort of release.

      7. Pain, however meaningless it may seem at the time, can be transformed..

      Yancey wrote this book in his twenties and then conducted a major rewrite 15 years later. In that time, many people continued discoursing on the matter with him in that time, which prompted new material.

      The result is a thoughtful book on a challenging subject. Yancey opened his book with a quote by C.S. Lewis who was writing amid great pain:

      It is in that silence that Yancey steers his book, and I am grateful I read it in a time when the only struggle I’m facing is that of quarantine instead of a time of personal pain.

      Yancey provides a helpful framework to understand pain and its purpose. Given the title, it’s no surprise that Yancey looks at pain from a spiritual perspective, but I think the framework is useful even for individuals who do not follow Christianity.

      I said 'God it hurts' And God said 'I Know' I said 'God I cry alot' And God said 'That's why I gave you tears'.

      Part of the reason I offer this opinion is based on the current developments during the Covid-19 pandemic. It is only in suffering and isolation that people tend to look at the larger issues of life and death or philosophy and theology—the big questions.

      Humans rarely question God in the midst of pleasure, so it is imp