Some tragedies make life feel barely worth living anymore. So is there any hope that we could one day be happy and at peace again? Being 8/28, it seems fitting that we record an episode on suffering, in honor of the precious truth we cling to in Romans 8:28 28 And we know that to them that love God all things work together for good, `even' to them that are called according to `his' purpose. . It’s certainly not hard to find such an email: thousands of people email us out of the most tragic pain they have ever experienced. It’s a regret that we cannot reply to every one of these emails. I wish we could. We can respond to this email from a podcast listener, a broken woman. “Pastor John, I need your help. Tragically, back in 2007, I backed over and killed my 18-month-old grandson with a car. I was devastated. I remain devastated. That day changed me. I was once a children’s church director and a Sunday school teacher. I don’t serve anymore. Thirteen years later, I can hardly drive without crying. The guilt I feel for my grandson is greater than the guilt I feel for not serving God. People say I should be happy; he’s in a better place. Or they say that God spared him a bad life — that he knew my grandson was going to go down a bad road. What do you say? What would make me happy again, serving God again, and at peace without my grandson? After all these years, can you help me?” Read or listen to this interview at our website: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-do-i-recover-from-an-unbearable-tragedy Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes: https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john