Accepting Quote by Billy Graham

How could a good, all-powerful God allow suffering?

— Timothy Keller

Because God is never cruel, there is a reason for all things. We must know the pain of loss; because if we never knew…

— Dean Koontz

I know that God is not going to willfully hurt us. Why there is suffering is the business of the Lord, but He never…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

“God knows suffering, not because he created it, but because He experiences it with us. ... It is also true that although God knows…

— Nancy Rue

God also allows suffering so that we might learn what it means to depend on Him, not on our own strength and resources.

— Charles R. Swindoll

Suffering is part of the human condition, and it comes to us all. The key is how we react to it, either turning away…

— Billy Graham

I don't hold to the idea that God causes suffering and crisis. I just know that those things come along and God uses them.…

— Sue Monk Kidd

Suffering always prompts heart-wrenching questions: if God is good, why would He allow this pain in my life? Is God truly sovereign over accidents…

— Joni Eareckson Tada

“When in pain and sorrow, you ask why God allows bad things to happen to good people, remember God allowed His Son, the best…

— Leslie G Nelson

“Where is God when it hurts? We know one answer because God came to earth and showed us. You need only follow Jesus around…

— Philip Yancey

Our vision is so limited we can hardly imagine a love that does not show itself in protection from suffering. The love of God…

— Elisabeth Elliot

God does not cause our misfortunes. Some are caused by bad luck, some are caused by bad people, and some are simply an inevitable…

— Harold S. Kushner