Kory Capps

“We do not grieve as others do who have no hope.” Paul doesn’t write these words to minimize grief. He writes them

“Surely he has borne our griefs and carried our sorrows…” Isaiah 53 drags suffering into the spotlight and insists we stare at

“Yet not what I will, but what you will.” Gethsemane is holy ground. Not because it feels sacred, but because it’s where

“What has happened to me has really served to advance the gospel…” Paul is writing these words from a prison cell. He’s

“My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Paul was no stranger to pain. He had

“The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end…” Lamentations is a book we often avoid.

“As for you, you meant evil against me, but God meant it for good…” Joseph’s words to his brothers at the end

“Jesus wept.” Two words. That’s the shortest verse in the Bible. And perhaps one of the most important. In John 11, Jesus

“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” These words are among the most haunting in Scripture—and not because they come

“Suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope.” Paul’s logic in Romans 5 is as counterintuitive as it gets.

“About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God…” Beaten. Shackled. Bleeding. In the deepest cell of a Roman

“For the Lord disciplines the one he loves…” There’s a kind of suffering we tend to avoid even thinking about—the kind God

“The God of all comfort… comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are

“The Lord gave, and the Lord has taken away; blessed be the name of the Lord.” There are few stories in Scripture

“Though now for a little while, if necessary, you have been grieved by various trials…” Peter’s letter isn’t written from a mountaintop.

Suffering is not a detour for the follower of Christ; it’s part of the road. And yet, many of us are surprised