dealing with pain

Please expect to feel pain in your life.  If you don’t go through pain, you are not headed in the right direction.  You have to know that.  Jesus taught us that and told us that in his own words.  Every time life becomes painful, know that God is preparing you for something. 

You see when you live according to God’s word life will become painful because the devil will be trying even harder to bring you down.  Also because we deal with people, life is just going to be painful.  We just can’t be happy or grow in Jesus if we don’t struggle here and there.  As a child, we went through pain.  Every time we couldn’t have our way, we cried.  It's a different kind of pain but we thought it was painful.   Now that we’re grown, we act like we can’t handle things.  Don’t let pain stop you from becoming who God wants you to become or to be happy.  Things happen for a reason and we have to accept what God has placed before us.  Now I know it’s not easy to do that because pain hurts.  No pain is greater than what Jesus has done for us.

Always remember the sacrifice that was made.  Why can’t we accept the pain as a sacrifice for God?  God has helped me to deal with pain and still live my life.  I have been hurt many times in my life.  Some of the times were very painful to me.  I prayed and talked to God to help me deal with my pain.  He guided me to see that it was okay.  Just let it go and deal with it.  He said have a joyful mind and know that I’m always with you.  He said I’m the rock and know that no one could knock me down.  Thank you Jesus. 

Now when I go through pain, I know that Jesus is really working in my life.  Yes I may cry but I have a joyful mind and I know who’s right beside me.  Some pain is harder than other pain.  For example, when we witness the 9-11, I immediately prayed for the families.  We grieve for our loved ones and it’s very difficult to get through things like that but through God it's possible.  It’s just normal to hold on to memories especially when you spent quality time with someone.  This is why we have to know that God is in control and everything will be okay.

Everybody goes through pain but it’s how we deal with the pain that allows us to get through another day.  Learn how to share your pain and deal with your issues with God.  When we have total confidence in God and we know that God is with us, no pain would be able to take away from our day.  God is just so awesome.  Life is always changing so we will always have issues.  We are in a spiritual warfare and if we’re not prepared, the pain will take us away before our time is due.  Remember life is issues and issues are pain to help us grow.
 
PAIN

PAIN HURTS BUT IT HELPS US TO GROW
 
PAIN IS AN EXAMPLE FOR US TO SHOW
 
OTHERS THAT TRIALS ARE GOOD TO ENDURE
 
IN GAINING STRENGTH
 
THAT I AM SURE
 
Don’t get sad when you go through pain.  Be strong and gain strength to get through the next trial.