Reconciling pain with the goodness of God is the hardest aspect of the Christian life for me. I find it difficult to trust God's goodness when my circumstances cause me emotional or physical pain.
I was blessed to talk about this topic with Aileen Challies yesterday. Aileen is the wife of Tim Challies, who authored the book "Seasons of Sorrow." This book, which honestly seems a devotional of sorts, shows the reader how Tim walked through the sudden and unexpected death of his twenty-year-old son, Nick, from cardiac arrest.
Aileen spoke to me about her journey with grief after her son's death. We talked about topics such as anger against God, the traumatic effects of losing a loved one, and how pain does not negate God's goodness even when it feels like it.
