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Categories: GOD, RELATIONSHIPS, WITH MANKINDWhy did God make pain?Sincerely,
Hurt
Dear Hurt,
If the pain you are talking about is the human body’s ability to feel pain, our pain reflexes are a healthy thing. Those who can’t feel pain have a disease called congenital analgia, and it is a devastating disease. As the parents of one child with this disease said, “Pain teaches; pain protects; pain can save you from a lot of bad things in life.” Our nervous system is a tremendous gift from God, and it is part of what makes us “fearfully and wonderfully made” (Ps 139:14).
On the other hand, if you are talking about the emotional trials, suffering, and pain that people go through on this planet – God didn’t do that. God didn’t create the world imperfectly. When God finished the world, it was perfect (Gen 1:31). All imperfection that we find in this world is a consequence of our sins (Gen 3:17-19).
