Comments on: Pain

By: Aggie

Aggie — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:35:21 +0000

Thanks for your comment on my post! I loved your post too! Especially the part about asking God to help you to truly empathize with the heavy hearted, in order to use that for His glory. I cannot think of all that Christ has done for me (not just death on the cross, but all that He left behind, gave up, endured, leading up to that death on the cross) without a lump rising up in my throat. And not that I deserved anything that He did (more like completely undeserving) but because He loved me even AS a sinner. Incomprehensible love! "Greater love has no one than this that He lay down His life for His friends?" (John 15:13)Oh how I would love to love with a love like His! He takes ALL of our burdens if we will simply give them to Him.And pain. Pain can be a good thing. Pain can drive us too Him. Pain is what broke my pride and drove me to Him. Pain is what grabbed ahold of you when you thought of a life that was lost and asked Him to help you to feel it more deeply in order to be a more useful instrument for Him.Praise God for the pain that moves us in such ways. Praise God if we can respond to pain in a way that glorifies Him!

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:58:32 +0000

Hi Kim, Thanks for stopping by my blog today. I am very touched by your post and how open you are. It was very well written. On a completely different subject, I said you live abou 1 1/2 west of C. We are moving to Geneva. I know it is west also. I really don't have much of a sense about the area, at all. I have never been to this area. Driven through Chicago en route to Milwaukee, once. That is it. Anyway, just wondering how far you are from Geneva. My email address is nursegirl1994 (at) gmail (dot) comI would love to get your sense of the area. Ideas about churches. Anything would be great. Thanks, Lisa @ Blessed With Grace Blog

By: Kimmama

Kimmama — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:20:46 +0000

If our relationship with God and our spirituality was based on the way we feel, disaster would occur. God is about what's in your heart, but what is in your heart has little to do with the fleeting and wishy washy emotions you FEEL. FEELING it is nice, but it is a privilge, a luxury, a tool – NOT a necessity. There is nothing wrong with if you if it isn't there. You may just be different from most – but NOT necessarily broken.Thank you so much for reminding me of this.

By: ~Bree~

~Bree~ — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 04:12:52 +0000

Careful what you wish for… it is possible to be on the other end of the extreme. One assumption so many make, is that when a person succumbs to their pain and "gives up", that they didn't have God in their lives or that their relationship with God wasn't strong enough. That's simply not true. No matter how strong your relationship with God is, anguish can overtake you at any moment. Why, then, doesn't God step in and stop those with whom He has a strong relationship? Who knows. But it happens. My point is this: only you know what is right for you, but don't underestimate what it is within you that makes you shut down, or dismiss it completely. It may be God's way of protecting you. Maybe you are not at a place within yourself that you are capable of handling such emotions yet. It's easy to be insulted by such a thought, but trust God in this. If you are meant to feel more, let it go and you will. If you don't, don't feel like you're failing… just accept it as it must be where God wants you for now.And most importantly, remember that the lack of ability to feel anything does not mean you will never get anywhere on your walk with God, either. You can bind yourself to the message of the cross, evangelize, and serve and all of that without the emotions. You CAN. It's not as easy as it is for those who feel it, but you can. If our relationship with God and our spirituality was based on the way we feel, disaster would occur. God is about what's in your heart, but what is in your heart has little to do with the fleeting and wishy washy emotions you FEEL. FEELING it is nice, but it is a privilge, a luxury, a tool – NOT a necessity. There is nothing wrong with if you if it isn't there. You may just be different from most – but NOT necessarily broken. Just as having the strongest possible relationship with God does not mean you will not succumb to taking your own life due to anguish, not being able to feel emotions does not mean your relationship with God is not at it's strongest.And even if you feel that despite all of that you are meant to feel more… let it happen when it's time for it to happen. Dig deep and get raw and figure out what it is that is acting as a wall but let the emotion come when the time is right – and don't get impatient for it to come, either. There's a reason for everything.