PAIN

As I sit and have my cup of coffee with Jesus, I couldn’t help but think about the PAIN in the world today.  People grieving the loss of loved ones, PAIN in relationships, failed love, separation from family members, unhealed hurts.  But pain always leads to something GREATER!

Like a mother in labor, the pain is intense until she holds the new life entrusted to her.  Like the gold medalists who didn’t earn their medals without working through pain.  Every marriage that I have ever seen had to work through pain to enjoy a life with family and love.  It’s so easy to want to RUN from the pain, or numb the pain; Jesus’s example on the cross tells us to EMBRACE the pain.

Today, I will see God’s PERFECT plan working even in the pain.  I will draw closer to HIM and ask for the strength to grow strong!  Today we can embrace whatever struggles we have and know that God is working out HIS perfect plan.  We can pick up Our cross, or sometimes crosses, and trust in HIS plan.  We don’t need to not focus on the pain, but on the PROMISE!   Have a blessed day!