What games was god playing with her life?
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker questions why divine forces allowed suffering or chaos in a person's life.
- In plain terms
- Why would a higher power cause this suffering?
- What can you take from it?
- Suffering often leads people to question divine intent.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Why do bad things happen?
- Does a higher power care?
Another view
Some believe suffering has no higher purpose.
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