Some psychologists often suggest pain is a way of life. Infants battle teething, youth struggle with puberty, teens endure broken relationships and adults face failed marriages. How you handle this pain influences whether or not you’ll reach the goals you aspire to achieve in life. After the pain subsides, who will be left standing?
Trials, tribulations and unexpected setbacks are difficult to overcome. In fact, a weak mind may begin to accept defeat, allowing a season of disappointment to alter their expectations. This demise lowers the bar so low, that there’s not much to celebrate. Thus, one becomes like the wind, blowing to and fro trying to make it through each day, dead inside. However, a time is coming when the sun will rise after the pain subsides.
Perhaps, this is the emotion, feeling and peace a weeping man experiences in Lamentations 3:22-23. Despite his current condition, a glimmer of hope arises from one of God’s promises, bringing a sense of relief. Like a cold Alaskan winter, the sun stands on the horizon all summer long to help forget the memory of the bitter cold. As you try to resist the pain of life, may the words of the Bible offer a sweet pill of truth to get you through the present until your pain subsides.
by Jay Mankus
