The LORD is near to the brokenhearted, and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous; but the LORD delivers him out of them all.

Psalms 34:18-19

Why is it that good people find themselves struggling with all sorts of heartaches, disease, and the failings of the flesh. The irony of life is that we learn more about the divine when we are in the valley than when we experience the thrill of the mountaintop. Even Jesus had to learn in this manner.

For it was fitting that he, for whom and by whom all things exist, in bringing many sons to glory, should make the pioneer of their salvation perfect through suffering.

Hebrews 2:10

I keep wanting to know why God could not have chosen another less hurting manner for us to learn more about him? In the end however, that is like the clay asking the potter "why". It is the same scene of Job before the Lord in the 38th chapter of the book of Job. The answer is found in James 5:13. Is anyone among you suffering? Then let him pray. The answers do not come from the outside. They are revealed internally through the power of the Holy Spirit. We have the promise given to us in the Word of the Lord revealed in his Psalms quoted above. The Lord delivers us all if we seek Him first with all of our heart, soul, strength and might. Let us begin by seeking the truth.