This past Thursday I had throat and nasal surgery. While it was needed, I truely can say the warnings of pain and misery were very understated. With a throat that feels like the worst case of strep throat I can imagine, and a nose blocked by swelling to boot, my little world is miserable this week.
But, I put this out on the web, not to complain or ask for simpathy, but to give a little personal testimony of the love of Jesus. For even as I was waking up in the recovery room, I was asking Jesus to be with me, and I knew He was. I could feel his presence through the pain. Thursday night, after I got home, was the most miserable night of my life. But I kept thinking if Jesus could go through what he did on the day of calvary, the beatings, scourgings and nailed to a cross, then what I was suffering was nothing. For I could see His bloody and beaten face smile down on me, a man who was once lost in sin and corruption, and now saved by His love and grace.
Pain is a horrible thing, as the people of Haiti and others around the world suffer daily. Pain was brought into this world by sin, and only Jesus can alieve it. The bible tells us that one day our suffering will end, if we know Jesus as our Lord and Savior. If we don't, then our suffering will never end. For those judged will be cast into eternal torment.
Matthew 13: 49-51 tells us:So shall it be at the end of the world: the angels shall come forth, and sever the wicked from among the just, And shall cast them into the furnace of fire: there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Jesus saith unto them, Have ye understood all these things? They say unto him, Yea, Lord.
Pain is sometimes a reminder of the fragile, fleshly bodies we live in. It reminds us that we are not invincible and will not live forever in this present state. Pain should remind us of our eternal state of affairs, and the most important question; are we ready for eternity?
It's not easy to write columns like this , because there are those who will curse me for even suggesting God will allow people to suffer for eternity. But God doesn't, you see, you allow yourself, if you reject what has been offered. Jesus' on words speak of pain. His sacrifice included the pain of the world.
Isn't it time to ask Him to come into your life and ease your pain? There really is only one, the name of Jesus.
God bless you.
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