ARE YOU GOING THROUGH PAIN?

“The troubles of my heart have enlarged; Bring me out of my distresses! Look on my affliction and my pain, And forgive all my sins. ” (Psalm 25:17-18, NKJV).

We hear many people say, with good intentions, "It would be so wonderful if there were no pain in this world!”….Their desire is for someone experiencing pain to not have to deal with it, yet pain sometimes has vital uses! At times a child is born without the capacity to feel physical pain and such a child has to monitored constantly to make sure he or she does not bring harm to themselves and not know it. Because they feel no pain, they have no warning of sickness or of danger.

If we observe carefully, pain can instruct and direct us. When we feel pain we know that something needs to change; either the direction we are heading or the actions we are acting. If a child refuses to brush their teeth month after month and they begin to feel the severe pain of a toothache it becomes obvious what needs to happen to avoid that pain in the future.

God sometimes uses pain and trouble in our lives to teach valuable lessons. In God’s plan, these difficulties in our lives become opportunities for us to learn something knew, as long as we are patient to wait upon God to show us His kind presence, healing, and comfort. We should not pray or wish pain upon ourselves or others, but if we are allowed to experience it we should be spiritually prepared to trust that God is in total control, that He is with us wherever we go, that He precedes us in every circumstance, that He has our best interest at heart, and that there is something for us to learn!

No matter what you find yourself going through, if you begin to feel any type of or any amount of pain at all, be sure to fall on your knees and look to the cross; SEEK HIS FACE! And as you ask God to teach you something great as He walks with you and guides you through the pain, remember that He is already waiting for you on the other side to wrap His comforting arms around you!!

GOD IS A GOOD GOD, ALL THE TIME!!!!

Stay focused and let God teach you through your pain!!!