Mar
1
2009
The Relationship Of Pain And Knowledge
Author: siggyIt is a four letter word — “pain”. That more than anything in my life has initiated change. My pastor yesterday related the story of Noah and the flood and of course the ark. He said the storm comes first, then the promises of God represented by the rainbow. Another way of saying the same thing is that God will always take care of you. The 23rd Psalm states, ‘I will walk you through the shadow of death’, — not around but through. Ecclesiastes, the book in the Bible written by King Solomon says, ‘Bad things happen even to good people.’ Storms always come or trials which is another way of saying the same thing. Then the rainbow follows, which represents the promises of God. God never forsakes us. You never are able to see the big picture: ‘God has set eternity in our lives’ (Ecclesiastes, again). Life does not always make sense nor is it always fair. If you insist on all that, you will torture yourself unnecessarily. Pain and trials always come. If your life ran smoothly all the time not only would your life be boring but there would be no need to ever learn how to overcome problems. And trials and pain and tragedy come to each person. No one is exempt. And again, life is never fair. And that is how we learn. Through those trials (and the accompanying pain that follows).
