For When This Pain Doesn’t Make Sense
Ask
Isaiah 56 speaks prophetically of Jesus who knows pain from the inside out. How does it feel when you first realize that the person you are talking to really knows and understands your pain?
Listen
Why doesn’t God fix our pain? Listen in to hear world-renowned theologian Stanley Hauerwas’ thoughts about why Christians are not exempt from difficult circumstances. He gives the best advice: “The ability to live well is the ability to live without so many reasons.”
Pray
Read the last half of today’s blessing for yourself or for someone else: “God, make this pain matter…”