Nothing can Separate us From Him

There’s a tension we all feel at some point—the weight of suffering and the silence of God. We know He is good, but when pain lingers and injustice thrives, it’s easy to wonder: Has God forgotten us?

Scripture doesn’t shy away from this struggle. The Psalms are filled with cries of anguish—How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? (Psalm 13:1). The voices of the faithful often sound like our own: frustrated, desperate, even angry. And yet, God does not rebuke them. Instead, He preserves their words in Scripture, inviting us into the same honesty.

Perhaps no one wrestled with God more directly than Job. He lost everything, and he refused to pretend he was fine. He challenged God, lamented deeply, and even accused God of injustice (9:22-24; 19:6-7). Job’s friends, in contrast, tried to defend God with shallow theology, insisting that Job must have deserved his suffering. But in the end, God said Job had spoken what was true, while his friends had not (Job 42:7). Job’s honest wrestling was closer to faith than his friends’ empty platitudes.

This is the mystery of faith in suffering. We are not meant to suppress our emotions or put on a brave spiritual face. God invites us to bring every feeling—grief, confusion, even anger—to Him. It is better to wrestle with God than to withdraw from Him. No matter what feelings you share with God, they cannot separate you from Him.

If you feel forgotten, you are in good company. Job, David, and even Jesus on the cross cried out to God in their pain. And yet, the story isn’t over. Suffering does not have the final word. The God who seemed silent in Job’s agony was the same God who restored him. The God who seemed absent at the cross was the same God who raised Jesus from the dead. Indeed, it was God on the cross... suffering for us. By His wounds, we can be healed.

So bring your anger, your sorrow, your questions. God is big enough for all of it. Want to read more about pain, suffering, and God? Click here.