The darkness of suffering is real, complex, and something we all struggle to deal with. Advent points us away from our attempts to cope with suffering on our own to Jesus Christ, the true light, who overcomes the darkness. While our suffering is still real and deeply painful, Jesus walks with us as one who suffered for us.
Application Questions:
1. How do you try to cope with suffering by controlling it, denying it, or not thinking about it? In what ways does that help, and in what ways does that not help?
2. What is your experience with lament in prayer?
3. What would change if you thought more regularly about how Jesus will one day remove all suffering?
4. What stands out to you the most about the ways Jesus transforms our suffering here and now?
