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"The Purpose For Pain"Imagine a bear in a trap and a hunter who, out of sympathy, wants to liberate him. He tries to win the bear's confidence, but can't, so he has to shoot the bear full of drugs. The bear, however, thinks this is an attack and the hunter is trying to kill him. He doesn't realize this is being done out of compassion.Then, in order to get the bear out of the trap, the hunter has to push him further into the trap to release the tension on the spring. If the bear were conscious at that point, he would be even more convinced the hunter was his enemy. But the bear would be wrong because his understanding is too limited.He concluded, "How can anyone be certain that's not an analogy between us and God? God does the same to us at times, and we can't comprehend why he does it any more than the bear can understand the motivations of the hunter. And as the bear should have trusted the hunter, so we should trust God.The bad stuff happening to you? Handle it with wisdom and grace, trusting that God is using it for a sublime purpose in your life.That, my friend, is faith.