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Does Jesus Care About Your Suffering?

Does Jesus Care About Your Suffering?   You don’t have to be a Christian to see that this world is riddled with suffering. You really don’t even have to be particularly wise or observant. From mass shootings to natural disasters to terrorism,  it is clear that  this  world and the people in it are, in a sense, broken. Not only are there outward struggles and sufferings that we as humans deal with, but  even within our own bodies  we face  physical and mental illnesses and injuries that we sometimes carry for a lifetime .  Indeed, it seems at times that  the majority of  our lives is  fighting without and fear within (2 Corinthians 5:5).    A s Christians we face  a deep  dilemma  when it comes to  suffering .   In these trials, w e who know God are forced to take a step back and question those t ruths  that we   hold  so dearly; does God truly love us? Does He care about us? Does He have good plans for us?   If so, where  are  His love and care and good plans   in the mid