C. S. Lewis introduced the phrase "pain, the megaphone of God." "God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our conscience, but shouts in our pains," he said; "it is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world."3 The word megaphone is apropos, because by its nature pain shouts. When I stub my toe or twist an ankle, pain loudly announces to my brain that something is wrong. Similarly, the existence of suffering on this earth is, I believe, a scream to all of us that something is wrong. It halts us in our tracks and forces us to consider other values.
C. S. Lewis described pain as "the megaphone of God," suggesting that while God may speak softly through pleasures and conscience, He uses pain to get our attention when others cannot. Pain loudly announces that something is wrong, much like how a stubbed toe or twisted ankle calls out to our brain.
Philip Yancey, referencing Lewis, sees suffering as a urgent message that highlights a broken world. It demands our awareness and reflection, serving as a powerful reminder that our current state is not as it should be. These moments of suffering compel us to re-evaluate our values and understanding of life's purpose.
