Most of the suffering we cause to eachother op..in my opinion..and to ourselves

the list is long..

This planet was made beautiful..if this was to be a scenario for suffering it would not have been made so beautiful in my opinion..something went wrong..and a dark veil of suffering..mostly mutually inflicted in my view ..decended on this beautiful creation

instead of praying fervently..and I stress fervently..for the Kingdom

Instead of making this our obsession..our spiritual goal here on earth

we have been taught too often to accept suffering as a way of life..to embrace it and make it ours

therefore..wars..famine..killings..injustices etc..have become a way and fact of the global existence

but again..in my opinion..this planet was NOT created for this

It simply speaks for itself..when you look at the beauty and bounty of nature..Its obvious ..to me at least..that this was created for something quite different..

As to returning to God..as your post says..i think God never left us..He is within us..around us..in others..in Creation..in everything that He made

it is us..we are the ones that must change

instead of accepting suffering ..though noble in many instances..surely we would benefit far more if we followed Christs instructions in the Our Father

..where the FIRST request was

THY KINGDOM COME