What the Bible says about suffering

Suffering. It’s a word we whisper in hospital waiting rooms and wrestle with behind closed doors. And when it hits close to home, all those good Sunday school answers suddenly feel paper-thin. That’s where Lindsey Bell found herself. Four miscarriages. A roller coaster of hope and heartbreak. The kind of pain that makes you question everything you thought you knew about God.

And in the middle of it all? Silence.

“There were moments when I desperately wanted to hear from God—where I longed for some sign that He was listening—but instead, I was met with silence,” Lindsey said. “That kind of pain… it changes you.”

What Lindsey discovered as she dug into the Word became the foundation of her powerful Bible study, Unbeaten. Her mission? To unpack what the Bible really says about suffering.

Misconceptions We Carry Into the Fire

Let’s just be honest. We want suffering to be tidy. We want it to make sense. And somewhere along the line, a few half-truths crept in and stuck around:

• If I’m a good Christian, bad things won’t happen.
• If I just had more faith, this would go away.
• If I’m hurting, God must be punishing me.

Lindsey gently but firmly pulls back the curtain. “Faith doesn’t mean we escape hardship. It means we have hope in the middle of it.”

One of the most eye-opening truths? Suffering doesn’t always come with an answer. “Some things are just hard—no silver lining, no tidy bow,” she said. “But God never wastes our pain.”

The Bible Isn’t Silent on Suffering

We’re not the first to wrestle with this. The Bible is packed with people who knew the ache:

• Sarai couldn’t have a child.
• Leah felt forgotten.
• David ran for his life.
• Job lost everything.

But in every story, we see a thread of hope. God wasn’t absent. He was working in the silence, shaping their stories for something bigger.

And that’s the heartbeat of Unbeaten.

“I actually began writing because I wanted to find out for myself where God was when life was hard,” Lindsey said. “I thought, what better place to start than the Bible itself?”

What the Bible Says About Suffering

Lindsey doesn’t gloss over the tough stuff. She invites you to sit in it. Wrestle with it. And then, gently, she guides you back to the truth:

• Suffering isn’t always about what you did or didn’t do.
• Faith doesn’t guarantee comfort—it guarantees God’s presence.
• God doesn’t just redeem suffering; He meets you right in the middle of it.

Through ten weeks of Scripture, storytelling, and reflection, Unbeaten equips you to cling to truth when your world doesn’t make sense. And if you’re wondering where God is in your pain, Lindsey has been there.

“I used to think God’s love was proven through His blessings,” she said. “But I’ve come to understand that His love is just as present in His silence.”

This Isn’t a Pretty Bow Study

Don’t pick up Unbeaten expecting surface-level comfort. This is a study for the woman sitting in the thick of it—grieving, doubting, questioning. It’s for the believer who still shows up to church but can’t sing the worship songs anymore. The one who’s whispering, Where are You, God?

And if that’s you? You’re not alone.

“Our story didn’t turn out the way I prayed it would,” Lindsey said. “But what I found was a deeper kind of faith—the kind that chooses to trust God, even when He says no.”

So if you’re walking through the fire, this might be the study you’ve been waiting for. Because while the world says pain is proof of distance, the Bible says it’s often where God draws closest.

Ready to find faith again?

Unbeaten isn’t the kind of study you breeze through and forget. It’s the one you dog-ear, cry on, and carry with you. And it just might change the way you see God in your suffering.

Grab your copy of Unbeaten now and discover how faith can rise from the ashes.