5 highlights from Wes Huff's interview with Shawn Ryan about suffering, giants and Dead Sea Scrolls
2. 'Our burdens aren't meaningless'
When Ryan admitted he was struggling with problems in his own life, Huff pulled out a Bible and thumbed through the Psalms. He observed that Psalm 23, which famously likens God's provision and kindness to a shepherd leading his sheep "beside still waters," is preceded by Psalm 22, which opens with the psalmist lamenting his feeling that God had abandoned him.
The first verse of Psalm 22 — "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" — was one of the few things Jesus said during His humiliation on the cross, and Huff claimed that it shows that suffering is as much a part of the Christian walk as joy.
"The God of the Bible, who calls us to come to Him, sees both the person who says, 'Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want,' and the person who says, 'My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?' as equally valid forms of worship," Huff said.
Huff contrasted Eastern philosophies, which he said can be "dismissive" toward suffering, with Christianity, whose God subjected Himself to it and can empathize with those who are in pain.
Jon Brown is a reporter for The Christian Post. Send news tips to jon.brown@christianpost.com
