Standing in stark contrast to the experience of God’s love is the suffering that characterises so much of life on earth. We do not have to look very far before we encounter suffering of some kind. I think it is fair to say that everyone of us will suffer in some way during our life, but that the degree and the intensity of suffering vary from one person to another. Some seem to get off relatively lightly, whilst others, including some of the most noble and compassionate people, appear to suffer greatly. Suffering can take a great many different forms. Consider for example the global availability of food. Around 9 million people die every year of hunger and hunger-relate diseases. This is more than from AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. Every 10 seconds a child dies from hunger. That is six a minute, 360 an hour, 8,640 in 24 hours, 60,480 a week, and 3.1 million a year. Imagine holding just one of those starving children in your arms as they die, and you watch their little soul slip away. If that does not make you angry, I do not know what will. There is a righteous anger from God that can drive godly men and women in the principled pursuit of social and economic change. Let us play our part in the relief of human suffering.