Ecclesiastes 1:18The wiser you are, the more worries you have; the more you know, the more it hurts.
This sounds pretty gothic or dystopian. You can wake up to all sorts of tragic things in the world. World hunger, hate, war, disease and corruption in government can bring you down. Some people wonder how God can exist if bad things happen. Here’s a four part series on that: https://fatherspiritson.com/articles/jim-suffer.html . The more you know, it seems like the more you uncover injustice though.
It is not all doom and gloom with God though. God doesn’t actually want you to worry.
Matthew6:24 “You cannot be a slave of two masters; you will hate one and love the other; you will be loyal to one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.25 “This is why I tell you: do not be worried about the food and drink you need in order to stay alive, or about clothes for your body. After all, isn’t life worth more than food? And isn’t the body worth more than clothes? 26 Look at the birds: they do not plant seeds, gather a harvest and put it in barns; yet your Father in heaven takes care of them! Aren’t you worth much more than birds? 27 Can any of you live a bit longer[c] by worrying about it?28 “And why worry about clothes? Look how the wild flowers grow: they do not work or make clothes for themselves. 29 But I tell you that not even King Solomon with all his wealth had clothes as beautiful as one of these flowers. 30 It is God who clothes the wild grass—grass that is here today and gone tomorrow, burned up in the oven. Won’t he be all the more sure to clothe you? What little faith you have!31 “So do not start worrying: ‘Where will my food come from? or my drink? or my clothes?’ 32 (These are the things the pagans are always concerned about.) Your Father in heaven knows that you need all these things. 33 Instead, be concerned above everything else with the Kingdom of God and with what he requires of you, and he will provide you with all these other things. 34 So do not worry about tomorrow; it will have enough worries of its own. There is no need to add to the troubles each day brings.
And we’re called not to fear.
Matthew10:26 “So do not be afraid of people. Whatever is now covered up will be uncovered, and every secret will be made known. 27 What I am telling you in the dark you must repeat in broad daylight, and what you have heard in private you must announce from the housetops. 28 Do not be afraid of those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul; rather be afraid of God, who can destroy both body and soul in hell. 29 For only a penny you can buy two sparrows, yet not one sparrow falls to the ground without your Father’s consent. 30 As for you, even the hairs of your head have all been counted. 31 So do not be afraid; you are worth much more than many sparrows!
And even the pain of empathy can be lessened when you know people will have an eternity saved by God. What they suffer now is awful, but on an eternal timescale, they’re fine. We should still be helping people in their suffering now because this is the only side of eternity that we can help people out of their suffering.
My prayer is that you’re not all down and sad but revel in that a good God loves you in this life. I pray you’re stoked to go to Heaven and getting a glorious body. Don’t worry about anything! God will make things right. Trust in God and keep your spirits up.