Basics 30 Coping with Suffering - Part 2

Today we will continue talking about the biblical reasons for suffering and how to cope with suffering. We all suffer, whether believer or unbeliever, so it is worthwhile to discuss the reasons and also how to cope. The world has many coping strategies that we can fall into if we're not thinking biblically. The most common coping strategy is anesthetization of one's senses through drug use, alcohol, pharmaceuticals, et. al. Anything to segregate the person from this world and its difficulties. God says there is a reason(s) for suffering. He also tells us how to cope without falling into the world's strategies. The world's strategies don't work anyway, they just enslave us to substances. People talk about free will, but are the people who freely choose to be addicted to substances really free? Or have they chosen to be slaves? I've presented that as a conundrum on purpose. Let me ask you. Do you want to be a slave to a substance? Isn't there a better way?

Grace to you,
Jeremy

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