In our society, we are uncomfortable with suffering. We don’t do well with sitting with other people’s pain. We want things to be fixed quickly and for people to feel better fast.
So what do we do with suffering that lasts for a long time - whether it’s someone we know who is suffering or whether we are the one’s enduring the pain?
This is what I want to hash through with you guys today. As a complex trauma survivor, a chronic pain sufferer, and a mama to a beautiful boy with attachment trauma, long-term suffering has been part of my life, and it’s taught me a thing or two about empathy, the nearness of God, and how to keep moving forward when pain is a constant companion.
I sincerely hope this episode touches your heart.
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Scriptures used in today’s episode:
“But God chose what is foolish in the world to shame the wise; God chose what is weak in the world to shame the strong; God chose what is low and despised in the world, even things that are not, to bring to nothing things that are, so that no human being might boast in the presence of God.” 1 Corinthians 1:27-29
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation; and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-7
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