Yesterday I made a Facebook post that said: hurting is dumb. I stand behind that statement. Then this was posted today by a dear friend: "Good morning! I saw Meg Manning's post - "Hurting is dumb". I was wondering if anyone else is hurting? I am guessing Meg's post is physical - but is anyone hurting emotionally? My heart is aching, tears are falling and it has been that way off and on for 4 days..."
My post was generally about being in physical pain, which is currently constant and severe. But I have other pain as well. The pain that comes with redefining the words in my dictionary that I let define me. The pain that comes with unconditional acceptance, love, and new friendship. The pain that comes from hard comes from hard conversations that push you to grow and trust Jesus more. The pain of being reliant on medication to get through the day. The pain of the enemy working against you at every step. The pain of losing consumers that I love and watching their families hurt. And the list could go on.
We all face pain daily. And that is DUMB! Jesus told us in John that we would have trouble in this world but he has overcome the world! He also said that the devil is only here to steal, kill, and destroy. Unfortunately for us, he has had thousands of years of practice and is really good at it. But Jesus promised to give us life abundantly. That looks different for each one of us. But abundant life for me today is just making it to the end day in one piece.
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