1
Running head: OFFERING SPRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL CARE IN DISASTERS
Offering Spiritual and Emotional Care in Disasters
Name of Student
Institution affiliation
Date
2
OFFERING SPRITUAL AND EMOTIONAL CARE IN DISASTERS
Offering Spiritual and Emotional Care in Disasters
Introduction
All through the ages of human existence, suffering has been defined almost similarly.
Although different theories have different reasoning and explanation of suffering, the
understanding is quite similar. Suffering is defined as the moment when one is going through
pain, grief, or something that is totally unpleasant to human nature. Suffering is directly connected
to harm and threat. When someone is suffering, they must be going through physical or mental
displeasure. Also, suffering is something that people should get used to, and something that people
should learn to live with. Suffering has multiple meanings and definitions, which are supported by
various biblical and commentary theories.
Most people presume that suffering is bad luck, and people mostly suffer as a payment of
their sins and as a way of punishment from God ( However, I also believe that Bueno (2017).
suffering is ordinary in our lives. At one particular time and moment in every human's life, we all
have to suffer. No one has the perfect life experience, and no one is too special to avoid suffering.
However, suffering does not announce that it is yet to catch up with anyone. People just find
