Several well known 'sufferers' have provided us valuable God-insights concerning trials and suffering that most everyone has and will experience in this life. Listen to these men of God speak:

PETER: "Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery trial when it comes upon you to test, as though something strange were happening to you. But rejoice insofar as you share Christ's sufferings, that you may also rejoice and be glad when his glory is revealed. If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests upon you. But let none of you suffer as a murderer or a thief or an evildoer or as a meddler. Yet if anyone suffers as a Christian, let him not be ashamed, but let him glorify God in that name." 1 Peter 4:12-19 ESV. 

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When we pass through seemingly senseless pain and the trauma that engulfs much of life...we must be content to trust in His character, rather than our ability to understand. The difference between a knife in the hand of an assassin and a knife in the hand of a surgeon is intent: both inflict severe pain. We must decide whether God is an assassin or a surgeon. But remember, our choice does not change God, only our opinion. All the risk of making the wrong choice is on us.

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Are "unexpected" trials God’s sly, disguised way of saying, “Oops, I didn’t know exactly know you were going to go through that much of a trial”? “I’m sorry that you had to experience that much pain...but real life is that way…so ‘keep a stiff upper lip’, grin and bear it, and ‘hang in there’ until it passes.... My mistake, I’ll make it up to you someday.”

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