Have you ever asked these types of questions? “Did God allow the person I love to die? Did I think God was supposed to be there for us and answer our prayers? What was God thinking when He allowed me to lose everything? Is He really out there? Does God really exist? These are all legitimate questions We have all questioned God at one time or another if we are honest with ourselves. Maybe we felt guilty for questioning Him. Or maybe we were so angry and hurt that we didn't care about it for a while 'is He and did He allow this to happen? It is not unusual or even inappropriate for us to question God during times of despair and deep pain. This does not mean that we are abandoning our faith – we are simply crying out in anguish in our souls. We express indescribable pain and demand answers to questions that may not have answers this side of Heaven. My experience is that God has really big shoulders. He can handle our questions. He is here now, and he will be here when we finish answering our questions, ready to embrace us with open arms. Where is God in my suffering? Our pain can make us feel alone and scared. We may feel like God has abandoned us. The poem “Footprints in the Sand,” by Carolyn Joyce Carty seems to capture what we may feel and put this question into words for us. Footprints in the Sand One night a man had a dream. He dreamed that he was walking along the beach with the Lord. Scenes from his life flashed across the sky. For each scene he noticed two sets of footprints in the sand: one belonging to him and the other to the Lord. The last one. ..... middle of paper ......vei in him should not perish but have eternal life.”Jesus Christ, as the only son of God, experienced humanity in its fullness. He knew what it meant to laugh, to love, and to cry. He knew what it felt like to lose a loved one to death. He knew hunger, thirst, loneliness and feeling hurt, betrayed and depressed. Hebrews 4:15-16 talks about Jesus, our high priest. He says: “For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who has been tempted in every way like us, yet without sinning. Let us therefore approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in times of need." Jesus Christ knows and cares for each of us. He knows pain in all its colors. Yes, we can say definitively, based on the Bible, that God knows the pain of loss: He knows how it feels and He cares for us...