I'm in pain and it hurts so badly. If it's not the pain in my body, it's the pain of my aching heart. Suffering of every kind has the ability to lead to the same sad result ... despair. If the pain is long-lasting or repetitive, despair is more and more inviting if we're counting on an end-date or some kind of resolution.

And when there's not, we ask:

How could there be any good found in this when I'm hurting so much? Will it ever end? Is God truly good?

And if He is… is He good to ME?