As I took up life as a minister, I tried to understand why so many people resisted and rejected God, I soon realized that perhaps that main reason was affliction and suffering. ... But at the same time, I learned that just as many people find God through affliction and suffering. They find that adversity moves them toward God rather than away. ... When pain and suffering come upon us, we finally see not only that we are not in control of our lives, but that we never were.

Walking with God through Pain and Suffering