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description: "Longer pieces on the passages people reach for when life is hard, and what they say in context."
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# Reading the Bible when life is hard

Longer pieces on the passages people reach for when they are worn out, grieving, anxious or afraid, and on what those passages actually say in context.

- [Read: Why Does God Allow Suffering? The Answers People Give, the Critics Who Answered Back, and What the Traditions Teach](https://biblenudge.com/blog/why-does-god-allow-suffering): The main answers to why God allows suffering, who gave each and who answered back, what the churches and Jewish sources teach, and Romans 15:13 to pray.
- [Read: Bible Verses for First Responders: Between Calls, After the One That Stays With You, and for the Family at Home](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-first-responders): A prayer for between calls, Exodus 18 for the long years, Scripture after a hard call, and help by country, for police, fire, ambulance and call handlers.
- [Read: Who in the Bible Had Unanswered Prayers: Hannah, Daniel, Abraham, Elijah, the Syrophoenician Woman and Others, Person by Person](https://biblenudge.com/blog/who-in-the-bible-had-unanswered-prayers): People in the Bible who asked for years, or were refused: what each asked and what the text records next.
- [Read: Psalms for Sleep: Psalm 63 to End the Day, the Psalms of Night Prayer, and Listening in Bed](https://biblenudge.com/blog/psalms-for-sleep): A psalm to end the day with: Psalm 63:6-7 said from memory, the psalms churches and synagogues pray at night, listening in bed, and a psalm to say with a child.
- [Read: What to Say to Someone With Cancer: Words to Send at Each Stage, in a Card, and When You Want to Offer Prayer](https://biblenudge.com/blog/what-to-say-to-someone-with-cancer): Short messages to send today, Psalm 56:3-4 for a card, words for scan week and the last weeks, and how to offer prayer as a question.
- [Read: Bible Verses for Cancer Patients: For Scan Week, the Chemo Chair and 3am](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-cancer-patients): Psalm 56:3-4 for the waiting room before a scan, psalms from a sick bed, Job at 3am, and the healing verses.
- [Read: What to Say to Someone Who Had a Miscarriage: Words to Send, the Partner, the Due Date, and the Prayers Churches Keep](https://biblenudge.com/blog/what-to-say-to-someone-who-had-a-miscarriage): Words to send after a miscarriage, a message for the partner, Psalm 34:18 with the verses around it, the due date, and the prayers churches keep.
- [Read: Bible Verses for Addiction Recovery: For Day One, the Morning After a Slip, and the Steps](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-addiction-recovery): Psalm 103:8-12 for the morning after a slip, one thing to do with it on Day 1, Romans 7 and Micah 7, verses for the Steps, and where to find help by country.
- [Read: Bible Verses for Storms: Thunder Overhead, the Sailors of Psalm 107, and Paul's Shipwreck](https://biblenudge.com/blog/bible-verses-for-storms): Words for while the thunder is overhead, the storms Scripture tells from Psalm 107 to Paul's shipwreck, and the rainbow after.