Why does God let hard things happen?
The scriptures never pretend this one is easy. They answer it with purpose, not with a dismissal.
In the scriptures
- Old TestamentIsaiah 55:8–9
“For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, saith the Lord.”
- New TestamentRomans 8:28
“All things work together for good to them that love God.”
- Book of Mormon2 Nephi 2:11
“It must needs be, that there was an opposition in all things.”
- Doctrine and CovenantsD&C 122:7
“All these things shall give thee experience, and shall be for thy good.”
Where the Church has written about it
- Gospel TopicsAdversity
- Topical GuideAdversity
- General ConferenceTalks on why we suffer
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