Pain is Normal

    Pain is normal, I hate to say it, and I hate to admit it. This world we live in, is
full of pain and suffering. It is not the way God originally designed it, but it is the
way sin has left us.
    Whether we talk about physical pain or emotional pain, pain hurts. I have suffered
with the emotional pain of depression. I have felt like a rug on the floor, being
held down by the weight of my own thoughts and feelings. I wish, I never had to
deal with the burdens and pain that had been a part of my growing up and just the
natural pain caused by the deaths of loved ones.
    I also realize without that pain, I wouldn't be able to help others with their pain.
God, allows us to help others work through the pain and suffering, that He has
already healed us from. God wants us to help others recover from their pain.
    Physical pain, is dealt with on both an emotional and physical level. That is
something that I am presently dealing with, with surgeries and rehabilitation.
The process is slow and tedious, your mind has an opportunity to over-think.
I find it difficult to stay positive and focused on my Christian Blogs and helping
others deal with their recovery.
    I have found that the more honest I am with my feelings, the more free I am to
help others feel the freedom, that only comes from God, in or out of pain. That
peace that passes all understanding, Paul wrote about in his epistles.
    Prayer is still the greatest of comforts, it works like nothing else to bring about
a congregational unity before the throne of God.
    There is nothing as powerful as being held up by others in prayer, as we hold
each other up before God, in our pain and suffering.