THE PROMISE: God's Purpose and Plan for When Life Hurts
(HarperOne / Hardcover / April 2008)
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Why Does God Allow us to Suffer?

Father Morris peels back the layers of questions that arise when someone asks the question "why me?" He not only writes about how to understand and live with suffering, he also poses the toughest question to God: why do we suffer under a benevolent God? Father Morris delves into how to be healed from the spiritual, emotional, and even physical scars left behind by suffering. He offers six principles for living a free life, that is, a life free of the fear that God is not there for us.

When asked why he chose to write on this topic, Father Jonathan responded:

"Ask the guy on the street, or in the office, or anywhere. Life is tough and at some point we need answers. Either we come up with a satisfactory one or we risk a life without purpose. Suffering without meaning robs us of joy and ultimately destroys us from within."