Pain is part of the human story.
Our bodies were designed with the capacity for tears. Our hearts were designed to feel deeply. Even our Savior endured tremendous pain before the Cross…at The Cross…I imagine He grieves even Today for that which is lost and broken.
He gave Himself and yet is still rejected.
Until we are in glory, we will experience the ache of living in a broken world…through illness, loss, betrayal, (kidney stones, hi) and disappointment.
But God did not design us to walk through it alone…He is our Great Physician, Our Mighty Counselor, and Our Helper.
He invites us to cast our cares on Him because He cares for us.
AND, He gives us each other.
While I’m proud of my high tolerance for pain, it also tells a deeper story.
Sometimes strength grows out of guarded places in our hearts.
When you’ve experienced betrayal…
rejection…
loss…
You learn how to protect yourself.
You toughen up….build a wall…hide.
You become a little numb, robotic at times, not because you want to… but because it hurts too much to feel everything more.
But healing begins when we slowly learn to trust again. Trusting God with our hearts, and a select safe few with our stories. We were never meant to do life alone.
You know I’m gonna say it here, aaagaiiinnn, but I must…Your circle matters.
Where two or more gather, we grow stronger. We lift each other’s arms when exasperation knocks us down.
Healing happens in the presence of God…and often in the presence of community.
So as I sit here incredibly grateful for life and love, I am also resting, reflecting, being honest with my feelings of frustration and ache, drinking water, and trusting God with these kidney stones, and this time that feels wasted.
I trust His plan even if I dont like it or understand it. I am surrendered in His arms, held and sat near.
How wonderful to be human, with eternal longevity.
“But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us. We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;
For this light momentary affliction is preparing for us an eternal weight of glory beyond all comparison, as we look not to the things that are seen but to the things that are unseen.
For the things that are seen are transient, but the things that are unseen are eternal.”
2 Corinthians 4:7-9, 17-18 ESV
My prayer this week and maybe it’s yours too…
“Not my will but Lord, Yours be done.
Amen”
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Michele
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