So now we talk about who we blame for our pain, right? That’s the idea. Before we can understand how to deal with pain, fight the intuition and really treat it, we must first find out why we’re in pain. Not just the root or our own pain, but understanding pain at it's core.
Isn’t pain different for everyone? That part is true, but what is our “belief” in where pain comes from? Why is there pain? That’s what this is about. Remember the post before? I said that pain and suffering are two big reasons people can’t believe in God. For many people, a loving Father would not let anyone suffer; there would not be pain if He really cared. I have two counter-questions. First is, “Why?” and the second is, “How do you know what you would do if you were a god?”
Do you have answers, or are you just countering to avoid the real question? I do have an answer, it’s in the Scriptures. When God made the Garden of Eden, there was no pain. Much like when the Lord made heaven and the angels, but it is written that one third of the heavenly host rose up with Lucifer and rebelled against God. So our heavenly Father made the universe, with the earth in it, and there was no pain or suffering; but that wasn’t His plan. He knew what Adam and Eve would do; He knew that Satan would do what he does. Inasmuch, He knew that pain and suffering would be part of our experience. The Lord also knew that man would do good to know pain and suffering. How else would we know consequence? How would we know charity if everything was well? We would be the angels 2.0 if this were heaven on earth, and I don’t believe that’s what God intended. Here on earth, we are given an ability to know good and evil as God knows, however we cannot see all the ramifications of our pain and suffering! That’s the rub: to know good and evil but not have the vantage point of God. There is no way on earth to say how or what you would do if you were God, our minds are too finite. Pain and suffering are our education; they are means in which God calls to us. They are our opportunity for God to live through us; to learn that we are here for God’s purpose, not our own. My pain is one of God’s greatest gifts to me, His personal nudge that says, “I’m here, talk to me.” Without my pain, I would never have learned to trust in, or talk to, my heavenly Father. Without my pain, would I truly turn to God for my answers to anything?
Next time, the nitty gritty or why intuition and pain can’t cohabit.
