WHY GOD ALLOWS PAIN...

This is one of the best explanations
of why God allows pain and suffering
that I have seen..
A man went to a barbershop to have
his hair cut and his beard trimmed.
As the barber began to work, they
began to have a good conversation
They talked about so many things
and various subjects When they
eventually touched on the subject of
God, the barber said:
"I don't believe that God exists."
"Why do you say that?" asked the
customer. "Well, you just have to go
out in the street to realize that God
doesn't exist.
Tell me, if God exists, would there be
so many sick people?
Would there be abandoned children?
If God existed, there would be
neither suffering nor pain.
I can't imagine a loving God who
would allow all of these things."
The customer thought for a moment,
but didn't respond because he didn't
want to start an argument.The barber
finished his job and the customer left
the shop.
Just after he left the barbershop, he
saw a man in the street with long,
stringy, dirty hair and an untrimmed
beard.
He looked dirty and unkempt. The
customer turned back and entered
the barber shop again and he said to
the barber:
"You know what? Barbers do not
exist."
"How can you say that?" asked the
surprised barber.
"I am here, and I am a barber. And I
just worked on you!"
"No!" the customer exclaimed.
"Barbers don't exist because
if they did, there would be no people
with dirty long hair and untrimmed
beards, like that man outside."
"Ah, but barbers DO exist! That's what
happens when people do not come
to me."
"Exactly!" affirmed the customer.
"That's the point! God, too, DOES
exist!
That's what happens when people do
not go to Him and don't look to Him
for help.
That's why there's so much pain and
suffering in the world."