One of the hardest things about being a Christian is trying to reconcile God’s goodness and power with the reality of pain and suffering.  “How long, O Lord?”  “God, where are you?”  “Why have you forsaken me?”  These hard prayers are more common than we would like to admit because suffering is more common than we expect.  God’s answer?  Jesus.  He suffered with us and for us and prayed the same prayers we do.  God’s answer may not always be what we want, but it is what we need.