That line in Princess Bride seemed funnier then. We all have pain. No surprise there. Some pain we can share. Some pain can be eased by writing to the world. Some pain is deep inside. Some pain rocks you to the core to find out where your core really is. Some, can't be shared. I realize a post like this might seem self indulgent. And it probably is in a way, but maybe not in the way you think. You see, isn't a lot of pain eased by understanding? The problem is, we can't understand what we don't know. Even when we tell people about 'our' pain, they might nod their heads and say yeah, I get it. And they might...they might have gone through something similar and they might really 'get' it. But can anyone really "GET" all your pain? I know of one.
Christ, Jesus.
He actually suffered our pain. Not pain 'like' ours. But ours. Your's, mine, all of ours. Funny that pain brought on by other's choices leads us to so many other choices. Sometimes choices are misunderstood. Sometimes, pain is misunderstood. I know of one that encourages the grip that these painful choices make on us. Someone that glees in our pain. I also know he is shortsided. Unfortunately, I can not see the future either. I can not 'see' that all our pain will be healed one day. I can IMAGINE it. But, in art class my imaginations never translated to my projects. I have no guarantee.
I only have...FAITH.
FAITH, in God the Eternal Father.
Interestingly, HE is the one that CAN see. He is the one that can look upon a heart. He is the one that can heal. So what better place than to put my trust, my faith.
And while I can't share the source of my pain, I can share the balm. How do you ease the pain in your life? How do you place your trust? How do you heal, the seemingly unhealable wounds? How do you deal with the pain?
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I think you said it all right there. In my experience, getting through pain in this life is just that...getting through it the best we can, some days with more faith than others, and trusting that some day what we have gained from it will all be clear.
I remember frequently praying more intensely than ever before and then trusting that my pain would go away . . . and it did - eventually. And I'm still in awe that I was blessed with such an incredible gift.
Well this was deep and thoughtful and enjoyable to read. Prayer...fasting...blessings...faith...are the only ways I get through pain.
Just placing it in those ever-loving hands. I know I don't use the atonement nearly as much as I should. Alma 7:11-12
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