Siddhartha Gautama was a wealthy prince in India. When he looked around him, what he saw was human suffering. This caused him to forsake everything he had to figure out a better way to live. In the course of this journey, he made what would be called the four noble truths. You may realize this by now, but Siddhartha Gautama is better known as buddha and the founder of Buddhism. 

The truth is, Everyone in the world has to figure out what they will do with human suffering. Siddhartah Guatama sought his way, but at some point, everyone wonders why is there suffering. As Christians, One of the great questions we have to wrestle with is how a good and loving God allows suffering in this world. Well, today we start James Chapter 1 and the subject of suffering.