A THEOLOGY OF SUFFERING

A THEOLOGY OF SUFFERING OR JESUS HEALS TODAY
The theology of suffering always coexists with a powerless and ineffective church which apologizes for its lack of power with mystery and intellectualism. And it produces a powerless and ineffective church. One writer commented on this mind set of suffering.
The will of God has been a deep shadow ... obscuring ... blessing with its decrees of sorrow .... The will of God is associated with sick rooms, poverty, loss. bereavement, funerals, the open grave. The will of God, to such has are schooled in this mind set], is always dressed in black. And this conception of His will gives us sickly Christians, weak faith, empty joy. puny, conquests .... When we say in prayer. 'Thy will be done,' are we always impressed with its significance'? God's will is not ... vindictive ... His will is a blessed companion, which illumines our way, cheers our spirits, makes glad our lives and brings fruitfulness to all that we do (Pentecostal Theology, p. 372 373...