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Pain, there is no human way to live with it. Is this an
accurate statement? I was just going to get some items to deal with the common
experience of doing the laundry; on my way, I began to feel pain in my lower
back. For the common reader most would think, “Like so what, we all have pains.”
and this is a very true statement. Can anyone say anything good about pain?
Judging by how much money is poured into medical effort to escape pain, it has
become clear that most people would rather sacrifice the offending part of their
body that causes pain than live with it. However, what happens if someone has
pain in their heart, do they go to the hospital to have it removed; ridiculous
thought; however, I'm sure there are some readers who may say they have met
people who have had this surgical procedure completed as a prerequisite be an
acting employer. What happens if one has a head ache? There is the
guillotine but after careful consideration I'm
sure other actions can be taken by simply using a common pain reliever.
I read a book published more than a century ago that spoke of pain as is
perceived in connection to good things in this life. To be brief, much of the
material developed a theme around the pain we endure to climb a mountain, get
exercise, endure surgery, give birth. This foregoing list of pain and suffering
can be understood as comprehensible aspects of pain that most people experience
in a life time; however, there is a list of pain which is more difficult to
understand; difficult because the reasons and motives for the suffering are for
a good that transcends our mere mortal life spans and I suspect that there are
many who suffer this pain and need to know there is another realm beyond this
short lived physical world where there are battles and struggles going on.
With the second category of pain, the author spoke of
those pains associated with illness, and injury as the author himself was dying
as a result of a cancerous tumor, the influence of which made writing difficult.
Never-the-less, such pains compel one to seek relief or escape from the source
of pain from which escape is not possible, the wise turn to the Author of life
found in God for help and answers. The author (whom I will relocate and list)
did however speak of this pain as also of benefit and goodness since it
frequently brings us to the dilemma recorded in history, where three men were
suffering the pain of
crucifixion on barbaric Roman style wooden cross beams where the victim was nailed and
left to die an agonizing slow death due to
asphyxiation as I recall. In such cases, it is
hard to find any good until one looks to the two major examples of suffering
that have no reason to our understanding but does with the “Authentic
Perspective” that only God can see.
The first of these examples is the
crucifixion of Jesus Christ, the graphic
account is recorded here. The second is
the
suffering of Job which hold a mystery too deep
for mortals to grasp.
In this realm, some mortal being are chosen to endure trials here in this world
that actually achieve victories in an eternal realm seen later, if and I truly
mean IF these individuals not simply believe there is a God but actually have a
relationship close to Him where daily communication and fellowship are
realities. Words truly fail to explain what it is like to have a relationship
with One who sees everything, hears everything, knows all that was, is and will
be; One who can hear your thoughts before you even have a chance to find the
words to express them and, this may be hard to understand, a God who has greater
ease in hearing the request of those who truly belong to Him when they request a
change in the weather of other events in nature and seemingly acts on these
quicker than pleas for a change in a person's mind and heart with their God
given “free will” toward the reality of this awesome invisible God who alone
transcends time, holds all power and knows all there I to know while creating
all that will be known. This latter desire is the sole reason I write these
pages for they fulfill a great need to love as God loves and to reach out to
anyone who needs to know the reality of a God with great Love for us, which all
true scientists know and as sad as this is to say, is the main thing lacking in
the Christian church today.
It is often I reflect upon the pain in my body as it is a
relentless event which has me search the latter category of description with
great care. My life in Korea was one of daily running and biking but since the
accident, my life has changed to a life of skiing icy river roads and using my
scuba gear and kayak to explore aspects of glacial rivers where I fail to find
other life forms, much less people. So what has changed in my life? I suppose
the accident has brought about a more intimate relationship with my loving
Father in Heaven who alone holds power over events in my life. It has not been
easy, but I find more good coming out of this mysterious injury to my spine for
it has truly made God's power easier to see, as it is impossible for me to
accomplish the tasks that bring me closer to the world of nature where His voice
isn't obscured by the noise of human civilization. So it was good reading the
book mention above because the pain in my back is not common yet it's not
unfamiliar to me since I have lived with it since a mountain climbing incident
to the
Harding Icefield almost
16 years ago.
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