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What do we do when tragedy strikes and suffering seems random? It’s easy to feel overwhelmed or distant from God in the face of broken circumstances and unanswered questions. Yet, we believe that these hard realities don’t mean God is absent or uncaring. So, how can we recognize and hold onto God’s love in the midst of life’s messiness? 

In this sermon, we explore how God responds to our pain and shares our struggles with us. Through the Parable of the Good Samaritan, we discover a beautiful image of compassion that doesn’t just observe suffering from a distance but moves toward it, even when it is costly.