For days I’ve been taking turns between ignoring the issue completely, pretending it doesn’t exist, and floating in a paralyzing sense of confusion and hopelessness. And after this period of wrestling with this on my own, I came to my senses and realized the only healthy thing to do was bring it to the Lord and let God tell me what to do.
I suppose its like that video on the power of vulnerability, only by taking the risk of failure do you reap the truest rewards. What am I missing by loving God in theory but keeping God at arm's length in practice?
I will not say that all pain has a purpose. I'm not sure it does. But I will say that when someone you love is in pain (and we must love everyone), stand in solidarity with them, and, for the love of Christ, work to eliminate the source of pain, if not for the one who is suffering now than for those that will come after them. All pain may not have a purpose for all those experiencing it, but it must spark a purpose to all those witnessing it; love in action.
What do you think? How are you responding to the pain you see around you?
