Pain
19 For it is commendable if someone bears up under the pain of unjust suffering because they are conscious of God. 20 But how is it to your credit if you receive a beating for doing wrong and endure it? But if you suffer for doing good and you endure it, this is commendable before God. 21 To this you were called, because Christ suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in his steps. 1 Peter 2:19-21
Everyone suffers pain, and we don't get a choice of when and how we suffer. I know with tragedy around us daily, there is much quicker availability of information these days, and much more detail. There has always been pain in our history, but in this day and age we are less shielded from it and really over-exposed to it in my mind. How do you deal with the pain with yourself is one thing, but how do you deal with the pain of the world is another, or is it? God allows us to have pain, because the real pain Christ already suffered for us. When we think of pain that we have, I think our endurance of the pain is what God is looking for and we should remember that someone has already suffered and died for us. I know this sounds so simplistic and you are probably saying you don't understand my pain, and I probably don't, but I do understand God's love for me and it is always there. In those times of suffering, live on the strength you have from the Lord.
Have a great weekend.
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