About living with pain…
Psalm 38:17 For I am about to fall, and my pain is ever with me. 18 I confess my
iniquity; I am troubled by my sin. 19 Many are those who are my vigorous enemies; those
who hate me without reason are numerous. 20 Those who repay my good with evil slander me
when I pursue what is good. 21 O LORD, do not forsake me; be not far from me, O my God. 22
Come quickly to help me, O Lord my Savior. (NIV)
When you are in pain you cannot move, you cannot think. When you are in pain, you
cannot do what you normally do. When the pain gets intense, you are totally distracted,
you cannot pray, and you cannot focus. When you are in pain, you can meet Jesus. Even
Christ seems not to exist, He is where you are, no matter how far away He seems to be at
the time. Pain is a weapon the adversary does use against you. Pain creates the illusion
that Christ is far away and not present within you. However, this illusion is only an
illusion. The reality of every moment of your life, even the painful moments, is that
Christ is within you and beside you. In your moments of pain, you can walk with Him and
talk with Him. For only Christ can understand what you are going through. In your pain,
even when you think He has deserted you, do not desert Him.
