Pain
I came across a thought this past weekend and realized I only had half of the idea. Kind of like when you go to your boss and say “this doesn’t work” and he tells you to go back and come up with a solution instead of just telling him the problem. Pain should not be the arrows we fling at God , the never-ending “why” questions, the shaking of our fists at Him, or the blame-game… but what should it be? In each of our lives we have experienced psychological pain, like when someone close to us dies or someone else hurts our feelings. However we experience this type of pain we choose whether to ignore it, nurse it, or heal it. In the first two choices, it is easy to be angry or bitter. “I can’t deal with this right now,” or “Why did you let this happen, God!?” Blame can play a big part in our lack of healing. What if pain is intended to help us build a bridge to God, taking us to the very presence of our Comforter and Healer, becoming a pathway to His grace and healing. Through Christ, the ...