God has such enormous love for us, but sometimes when we experience loss, pain, or anguish. this is hard to believe. We ask, “If God loves us so much, how can He allow His children to suffer? The truth is this: we are born into a fallen world where suffering results from imperfections in people and imperfections on the physical planet. Many use their freedom and power in a negative way, which causes more suffering to the human race. Whether our suffering is a result of a bad choice we’ve made or from circumstances completely out of our hands, it is God’s will to use the pain to make the love bigger, and heal our hurt. In other words, it is His desire to complete, develop, establish, ground, and strengthen our souls in and through His love. This love is the most powerful force in the cosmos and is able to turn our pain into joy, if we are willing to surrender and agree to God’s working out the spiritual process in our lives. This work done by the Holy Spirit will eventually make us what we ought to be, establish and ground us securely, and strengthen, and settle our hearts.

“And after you have suffered a little while, the God of all grace [who imparts all blessing and favor], who has called you to His [own] eternal glory in Christ Jesus, will Himself complete and make you what you ought to be, establish and ground you securely, and strengthen, and settle you”(1Peter 5:10).