The question we are most prone to ask when hardship strikes—why me?—makes no sense. That question presupposes that pain, disease, and death are distributed according to moral merit. They aren't. Thankfully, God gives better and more surprising gifts to those living in hard times. Three gifts are especially sweet. First, God usually doesn't remove life's curses. Instead, he redeems them. The second gift is often missed, because it lives in salvation's shadow. Amazing as the greatest of all gifts is, God the Son does more than save sinners. Jesus' life and death also change the character of suffering, give it dignity and weight and even, sometimes, a measure of beauty. The third gift is the most remarkable. Our God remembers even his most forgettable children.
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