Anyone who takes the Bible seriously agrees that God hates suffering. Jesus spent most of his time relieving it. But when being healed becomes the only goal - 'I'm not letting go until I get what I want' - it's a problem.

In the Christian faith, God really puts suffering front and center. He doesn't get squeamish about it.

Amazing, isn't it, that our prayers...can move the very heart of God who created the universe?

My life goal is to see the world's one billion people with disabilities embraced and encouraged by the church.

We dare not think that God is absent or daydreaming. The do nothing God...He's not tucked away in some far corner of the universe, uncaring, unfeeling, unthinking, uninvolved. Count on it, God intrudes in glorious and myriad ways.

Now, most people who suffer realize that the Bible contains answers for their plight; they just don't know where to look.

The Bible is replete with commands to persevere, especially in the face of injustice.