Why might God allow his children to endure years, or even decades, of unremitting suffering? How does such chronic pain bring him glory? We have a heavy question today about unalleviated chronic pain. It comes from an anonymous man who listens to the podcast. “Pastor John, hello. Thank you for this podcast, and thank you for taking my question. My mother, a believer, struggles with debilitating — very debilitating — nerve pain and can get no medical relief from anything doctors have tried. She suffers endlessly. How does such unalleviated suffering glorify God when it seems that God refuses to answer any of our prayers for mercy?” Read or listen to this interview at our website: https://www.desiringgod.org/interviews/how-does-chronic-pain-glorify-god Find other recent and popular Ask Pastor John episodes: https://www.desiringgod.org/ask-pastor-john