I Hate Pain!

Yes, I’ve heard stories of how pain can change people’s lives for the better. Pain is a most effective wake-up call, that’s for sure. Pain is also necessary to alert us to health problems. At various times I’ve suffered excruciating pain, both physical and mental, and I’ve learned God never left me throughout those awful struggles. When I was bent over in pain from kidney stones, I prayed for relief. It didn’t instantly come, but what did come were thoughts of how much Christ suffered for me on the cross. Though I was hurting beyond what I could imagine, he was there. That lesson has stayed with me. But I still hate pain and pray for the day when pain will be no more.