WHY I HAVE TO SUFFER?
WHY ME? Kabiriko Daniel's Views on Suffering.. Most of us when we suffer wonder, why me. Why do I have to suffer? The meaning of life will be become clearer to us when we realize that we will find purpose in life when our search leads us from why to whom. Suffering does have a human face to it. We have only to look at our Lord Jesus crucified on the Cross and there we will find the meaning of our existence and the answer to our searching and longing. In our suffering we demand answers. We are not satisfied with pietistic platitudes such as "just offer it up" or "you will be just fine." Suffering, especially chronic physical sickness, deep emotional pain and death itself, causes a personal crisis that forces us to go deep into ourselves and ask those questions that are most fundamental to our human existence. It is precisely in the crucible of intense suffering that we either come close to God or rebel against his loving presence. "If anyone wishes to com