What is one thing God can do to help those that are abused?

📜 33 Wilt thou grant unto them that they may have strength, that they may bear their afflictions which shall come upon them because of the iniquities of this people.

                                                📕 Alma 31:33

𒅒𒈔𒅒𒇫𒄆 bear 𒄆𒇫𒅒𒈔𒅒

📜 1 We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak, and not to please ourselves.

                                             📕 Romans 15:1

🕊 One Thing God Can Do: Give Strength to Bear What Should Never Have Been Placed Upon Them

Alma 31:33 pleads for a gift that abused souls desperately need:  

“Grant unto them strength, that they may bear their afflictions…”  

This is not permission for the abuse.  

It is divine intervention within the wound—  

a strengthening that lifts, steadies, and protects the inner life when outer circumstances are unjust.

The cross‑reference word bear opens the second witness:

Romans 15:1  

“We then that are strong ought to bear the infirmities of the weak…”

Together, these verses reveal a pattern.

🕊 Dissection

1. God strengthens the abused from within

Alma’s prayer shows that God can infuse spiritual endurance—  

a quiet, stabilizing power that keeps a soul from collapsing under cruelty.  

This strength is not stoic numbness; it is divine reinforcement.

2. God surrounds the abused with righteous bearers

Romans 15:1 teaches that God often answers prayers for the wounded  

by raising up people who will bear with them—  

carry burdens, protect dignity, and refuse to look away.

3. Bearing is not passive suffering

In scripture, bear means:  

▪︎ to lift  

▪︎ to support  

▪︎ to carry alongside  

▪︎ to refuse to abandon  

God does not ask the abused to endure alone.  

He sends strength and He sends people.

4. Abuse is never God’s will

The afflictions come “because of the iniquities of this people” (Alma 31:33).  

The verse itself condemns the cause.  

God’s action is not to justify the harm but to counteract it.

🕊 Summary — Strength to Bear, and People to Bear With Them

God helps the abused by giving inner strength to endure what was never just,  

and by raising up the strong to carry the weak with compassion, protection, and presence.

🕊 Closing Summary — The God Who Strengthens and Surrounds

This study has traced a single divine pattern across scripture:  

God does not endorse the afflictions caused by others, but He enters them with power.

Alma 31:33 shows Him granting inner strength—  

a quiet, stabilizing reinforcement that keeps a wounded soul from collapsing under injustice.  

Romans 15:1 reveals the companion truth: He raises up the strong to bear with the weak, to lift, support, and refuse abandonment.

Together, these witnesses teach that God helps the abused by fortifying them from within  

and by surrounding them with people who carry burdens alongside them.  

Abuse is never His will; His work is to counteract harm with strength, presence, and compassion.