Throughout history, people have often asked: Why is there so much pain and suffering? If God is love, if God is all powerful, why does he allow so much pain and suffering?
I have been one of those people, and I have also asked: Why do some people experience a lot of pain and suffering and other people only little?
I couldn't make sense of it all and so, for the most part, I ignored the issue.
When I was coming out of the days of my deepest doubt. When I no longer denied the existence of God but still questioned the nature of his character, a profound question emerged and burned into my consciousness:
Where does love come from?
Has that question ever occurred to you? I have never heard anyone ask it before.
The Bible says that "God is love" (1 John 4:8). Love, therefore, must come from God. That's one explanation. That is one supporting point for the existence of a God of love, for love has to come from somewhere. How else can we explain the source of love?
