Why does God allow suffering....

That was the topic of Phil's sermon. Why does God allow suffering and bad things. And he chose as his Bible reading Genesis 3:1-8.
It is a tough subject and one that I pondered in a life crisis about 7 to 8 years ago. I applaud Phil for tackling the subject. It is a tough one. He arrived at the same answers I did. When I questioned God about it I didn't like the answers I got. because I got the same answers Phil did. We are responsible for where we are at. Six thousand years of human history is the mess we are in today. Six thousand years of sin.
What do we want? God to step in and stop fires? But hang on, God preordained the way the earth was to be managed and if we violate the laws then what? God steps in and doesn't allow it? So then what, God is interfering in our affairs? We can't have it both ways. We want to have it both ways. We don't want God to interfere and yet we want Him to get us out of trouble?
And what about when we violate His standard? What then? He just lets us go free and doesn't hold us accountable?
Phil said where is God. His answer was that God is in the suffering. God is right there where they are. And He has provided a way. The cross.
Back to my original point. Way back when I questioned God about why He allowed things and didn't stop others. Did I get an answer? No voices spoke out of the mist. All that happened was that He kept taking me back to the source of the problem. And that was us humans all the way through. It is our sin. It is our disbelieve. It is our disobedience. And that folks is a hard and bitter pill to swallow. When ever we point the finger there is always one pointing forward and four pointing back. So where did that leave me? Did I get answers? No. Did Job get answers when he went down the same questioning road? No. Job was show God's glory in creation. I was shown my own ugly sinful and selfish nature.
But I was also shown the cross. And to the cross I cling and nothing do I bring.