I hope you enjoy this story from Abundant Gifts, appropriate for Christmas.
May the life-giving light of the Savior, Jesus, shine in all your darkness, and bring you the gifts only the Savior can give: love, joy, peace, hope and abundant life forever!икони
Suffering while one doesn´t eradicate the cause is real, and it´s only an illusion like budism say, but just after. Directly or indirectly Jesus shows us through his teaching of the Word the causes or reasons of our sufferings, plus the way to alleviate or totally erase it, that´s why christianism is the best religion that has ever existed. I agree with everything you say Diane.
Saludos y un abrazo