I read this a little while ago, and it’s stayed with me. It deserves a lot of unpacking, but first it deserves some time sitting with it, thinking it through, and wrestling with it.
Paul Fiddes in his book, “Participating in God”, says this:
“Belief in a suffering God forbids us to structure any theological argument where God directly causes suffering.”
What do you think?
{ Andrew Mills } 
He said, you will have trouble, and you will suffer.
He does not cause the suffering, He may allow it. Suffering comes from self, persecution, and others, not God.
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I agree with you very much – that God isn’t a source of suffering – but following God doesn’t mean you won’t encounter any suffering
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