Radio Episode 153: Why does God allow suffering?

<p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US">The car slowed down and began slightly swerving, “I’m not feeling well, I need to pull over”, mum alerted while crossing two lines of busy traffic to get off the road.</span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US">“Call the ambulance” was all that mum could manage to say, now the rest was left to me. I was the oldest so it was my responsibility to now apply the knowledge I’d learnt from young… but had never used before. I</span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US">grabbed mum’s phone off the seat, fear gripping my heart as l looked at mum, once all lively and happy, now helplessly weak lying in the reclined driver’s seat. Fingers shaking l dialled 000 for help, thoughts were</span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US">zooming through my head, my heart beat pounding in my chest making it the only sound that I heard. I tried to calmly answer all the questions that they asked me, with no idea what was happening to my mum...</span></p> <p class="BodyA" style="line-height: 150%;"><span lang="EN-US" style= "font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; font-family: 'Century Gothic',sans-serif;" xml:lang="EN-US">Listen to the full episode.</span></p> <p>                        ___________________________________</p> <p><a href="https://www.gigistorylibrary.com.au/"><strong>Visit our website</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://www.gigistorylibrary.com.au/gigi-bible-library-introduction/"> <strong>Pre-order the Royal Palace</strong></a></p> <p><a href= "https://w