This is one of the best explanations of why God allows pain and suffering that I have seen...

A man went to a barbershop to have his hair cut and his beard trimmed.



As the barber began to work, they began to have a good conversation.



They talked about so many things and various subjects.



When they eventually touched on the subject of God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists.



"Why do you say that?" asked the customer. "Well, you just have to go out in the street to realize that God doesn't exist.



Tell me, if God exists, would there be so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?

If God existed, there would be neither suffering nor pain.



I can't imagine a loving God who would allow all of these things.



The customer thought for a moment, but didn't respond because he didn't want to start an argument.



The barber finished his job and the customer left the shop.



Just after he left the barbershop, he saw a man in the street with long, stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed beard.



He looked dirty and unkempt.



The customer turned back and entered the barber shop again and he said to the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not exist.



"How can you say that?" asked the surprised barber.



"I am here, and I am a barber.



And I just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed.



"Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people with dirty long hair and untrimmed beards, like that man outside.



"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what happens when people do not come to me.


"
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer.



"That's the point! God, too, DOES exist!
That's what happens when people do not go to Him and don't look to Him for help.



That's why there's so much pain and suffering in the world.



If ou think God exists, send this to other people---
If you think God does not exist, delete it!

BE BLESSED & BE A BLESSING TO OTHERS !!!!!!

My "GOD" doesnt allow pain and suffering. Thats the fake god thats doing that

haha

OMG!

This is very good! Thanks for sharing!

God does exist..... he needs a laugh now and then too.........

there's still pain and suffering for those that come to God as well tho. I like the story, and the moral of it... it's well said.

your welcome

OMG junior high chain letters...

that's why he created us

God test the strong..... blesses the weak........ everything that happens is part of a divine plan.... whether you understand it or not.......

life it is a school, where by through pain or suffering and the faith of god we become better person with better understanding, with better hearts, and thoughts,
our Pain will make us understand the pain in others
or suffering will make understand the suffering in others and we will become better persons by understanding it.
Every time we go through pain, suffering, we are not the same person we were before it.

yes very good! i really enjoyed that.

my brother who is a marine sent this to me in my time of need

the only thing i can say God has a purpose we must trust him and do not try to understand his paths, WE hardly understand the earthy ones imagine the Heavenly ones

good for him...........

No gain without pain..... maybe God just wants you to appreciate the second (MUCH longer) life more....