Pain is a start for something…

Pain is a start for something…

Pain is a terrible thing. It totally can immobilise us into feeling that we can do nothing for ourselves! Why is it however when it comes to be on the receiving end of pain two types of people emerge around us: Of course it is good to pray on all occasions asking the Lord to…

richiegardiner

August 29, 2024

2–3 minutes

care, Hope, joy, pain, suffering

Pain is a terrible thing. It totally can immobilise us into feeling that we can do nothing for ourselves!

Why is it however when it comes to be on the receiving end of pain two types of people emerge around us:

Offer advice, ‘words from God’ cause obviously your heart needs to change!
Or as Job longed for from his friends, an encouaging & comforting word!

Of course it is good to pray on all occasions asking the Lord to keep us in His presence and restoring our body before we even get to pain. However that is not always the case, pain hits us and we just feel hopeless, in despair that our voice struggles to pray and even cry out to God for help.

It is why the Lord puts others around us. To pray and offer comforting words. That is, after all, what Job was looking for, but instead in the most part he got their long standing words and prayers justifying their own status before God.

I believe the Lord is more compassionate upon us in our time of need and when we’re in pain he expects people to show they care!

I believe it is also one of the reasons why suffering exists in our world that it may allow human beings to show how much they care for their fellow brothers and sisters!

Another comparison —

If pain is a sign of our need then how much more is sin and separation from God a sign of a redemptive work to bring us back into fellowship with God in Christ?

The trouble is for so many, pain happens in the heart, gets ignored, repeat!

Instead the call to ‘seek the truth’ to search out the path that leads to a right living that brings joy to God’s heart is so often overlooked!

Is it then hardly surprising the scripture says, “Today if you hear his voice, do not harden your hearts as you did in times of rebellion” and elsewhere “Today is the day of salvation” — So therefore if you hear God calling on the door of your heart please don’t ignore it, if you’re in pain then the bible promises Holy Spirt is your comforter!

First path on way to know that comfort, is to know your sin is forgiven and you have a friendship with a holy God!

Wow! Lord I am so forever grateful to you because you get me through each day even in pain and suffering in my body I know you are with me. Amen.

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Richie has been working with young people since 1992, in a variety of contexts, and in 2000 graduated from Moorlands College with a BA degree in Applied Theology/Youth & Community work with National accreditation (UK). Since then he has been involved in pioneering youth work as a Youth & Children’s worker in Berkshire, training and mentoring youth workers as a field work tutor for Centre for Youth Ministry, Oxford as well as engaging in local church work. Richie first started out in radio in 2000 with a temporary license and a show on Hope FM in Bournemouth – since then he’s been involved in various project with radio including working with 16 – 25 year olds on a millennium volunteers project in 2002 and from 2006 to 2008 worked as a volunteer for Hospital Radio in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, presenting request shows, breakfast and a Sunday afternoon specialist show. Richie moved to Ireland in the autumn of 2008 to work primarily for Spirit Radio Ireland in as the Operations Support Manager, as well as presenting a regular Saturday show and makes features and contributions to programming.