Why does a loving God allow us to suffer?

Why does a loving God allow us to suffer?


Do you need to suffer to learn things?


A revelation that I got, is that God teaches us, and will continue to teach us for the rest of eternity, but there aren't any hardships in heaven. He does not need you to suffer, in order to teach you. 


Why do we suffer? Why do we have trails on earth, if we are not going to have trails in heaven?


Think about the earth as boot camp, before you go to the army. 

It is not promised that everyone that signs up for the army, is going to make it through boot camp. Boot camp just determines who is getting to the next level. Similarly to that, not everyone who lives on earth is going to wound up in heaven.

21 “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ will enter the Kingdom of Heaven, only those who do what my Father in heaven wants. ~Matthew 7:21

When God created humans, He didn't intend for boot camp to happen. He fully equipped us with all of the knowledge and training we needed. It was not until the adversary came around and distracted us, that boot camp started. 


But how did the adversary distract us?

By giving us a mirror. As soon as we started looking into the mirror, our focus got shifted from God to ourselves. God is standing directly in front of us, but by looking into the mirror, we can not see Him, only our problems. 


Drop the mirror! 

By getting rid of the mirror witch destracts us, our focus will shift back to God. When our focus is shifted to God, our problems do not aply anymore.


Shift your focus back to God!  



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