July 6, 2023: “Why Has This Happened to Me?” (Cancer Support Dinner)

God’s providence is a difficult doctrine to grapple with amid suffering. Speaking at Parkside’s Cancer Support Dinner, Alistair Begg reminds us that like Naomi, who acknowledged God’s providence alongside her bitter pain, we ought to be honest about our circumstances without feeling that we have given up on God by doing so. God was working in the particulars of Naomi’s life as well as in the broad strokes of history to accomplish His will. At the end of her story, and of ours, is the promise of a Savior.