Carl Jung once said, if you kill your pain before you answer its questions, you kill yourself along with it. If I could take a magic pill and rid myself of the burning nerves and aching muscles and elevated anxiety once-and-for-all, I would. If possible, I bet you’d end whatever pain you might be experiencing—a health condition, an emotional devastation, or any great misfortune. I do not believe God wants suffering for us. But as long as the pain is here, we might as well answer the questions it is raising. And in so doing, we come to know God, others, and ourselves more intimately.
