God's providence is His almighty and ever present power, whereby, as with His hand, He still upholds heaven and earth and all creatures, and so governs them that leaf and blade, rain and drought, fruitful and barren years, food and drink, health and sickness, riches and poverty, indeed, all things, come not by chance, but by His fatherly hand.*
*#27, the heidelberg catechism.
God allows suffering, quite simply, because in his infinite wisdom and power and love, he is, and can, and does.
the question is not, why does a good God allow suffering, but, what is my right response to suffering?
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