Life isnt fair! Terrorist bombings. Ethnic cleansing. Body-ravaging diseases. Murder. Child abuse. Natural disasters. Genetic maladies. These travesties, global and seemingly relentless, drive us to the limits of our reasoning. We attempt to garner some comfort from the worn out but inaccurate clich: God is in control. When pain and suffering invade our well-laid plans for a good life, we ask the gut questions: Why, God, why? Why do You allow this? Why dont You do something? What kind of God are You?

With humility, gentleness, and candor, Harold Eberle helps us reassemble our thoughts about suffering and pain. He offers the framework of truth that guides us to an anchoring belief that God is good. This book evaluates the role God plays in the Earth, explores the origin of suffering, and reassures us of Gods kind intentions toward us.

If your heart echoes the Why, God, Why? questions of life, this book will get you well on your way to the answer: Bad things happen and, yes, God is good!

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1: The Question

Chapter 2: Hard Lessons of Life

Chapter 3: Pain and Suffering Happen

Chapter 4: God Is Not Controlling Everything

Chapter 5: In the Beginning

Chapter 6: It is About Relationship

Chapter 7: Do You Have an Appointment With Death?

Chapter 8: Why do Babies Die?

Chapter 9: Living Creatures Suffer

Chapter 10: Some Tragedies Work Out for Good

Chapter 11: Rich in Faith

Chapter 12: But God is Good

Chapter 13: Why Did Job Have to Suffer?

Chapter 14: I was Angry at God

Chapter 15: Healing Hobbies

Chapter 16: The Nearness of God

Chapter 17: Why, God, Why?

Chapter 18: The Answer

About the Author

Harold R. Eberle has been ministering throughout the world since 1986. He is founder and overseer of Worldcast Ministries and Publishing. In addition to his extensive speaking schedule, he has founded several schools and orphanages in Africa and written numerous books. Harold lives in Yakima, Washington, with his wife Linda, his partner and anchor of support. They have been married for 25 years and have three grown children.