— we’ve been asking people ‘what hurts the most?’

Friends. Money. Sickness. Family. Loss. Anxiety.

Over 40,000 people have answered our One Big Question, ‘What’s the one thing in life that hurts the most?’

And every answer is different.

Pain is part of all of our lives, but each of us will experience it differently. The pain of this life is real, visceral and for some of us might feel overwhelming.

So how do we find hope? What might Christianity offer in the middle of our pain? Explore the issues below to find out

these are the most common responses…

 
The Most Common Issues
LONELINESS
LONELINESS

We’ve found loneliness is a common response to the question ‘What hurts you the most?’ People wrote things like ‘loneliness since my husband died’ and ‘isolation in the countryside’…

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MONEY WORRIES
MONEY WORRIES

Another of the popular responses to ‘what hurts you the most?’ is what you might call ‘money worries’…

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PHYSICAL SUFFERING
PHYSICAL SUFFERING

One of the most common ‘hurts’ that people share with us is to do with physical suffering…

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DEATH
DEATH

One of the most common ‘hurts’ that people share with us is the pain of losing a loved one or the fear of death…

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FAMILY
FAMILY

Many of the responses we get at Who Cares? are to do with the pain of family life…

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INJUSTICE
INJUSTICE

As we’ve asked people ‘what hurts the most?’ we’ve found that many responses come under this category of ‘injustice’…

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RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS
RELATIONSHIP PROBLEMS

We’ve been asking people ‘what hurts you the most?’ and one of the most common type of responses come under the heading ‘relationship problems’…

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NEGATIVE EMOTIONS
NEGATIVE EMOTIONS

We’ve been asking people ‘what hurts you the most?’ and one of the most common type of responses come under the heading ‘negative emotions’…

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Dave has suffered with physical pain for much of his life.

Yet in Jesus, he found a new hope greater than anything he’d experienced before. Even in the midst of pain and suffering, he was able to hope in Jesus.

There are countless stories of the hope that Jesus provides and how it transforms lives. You can find more on our website.