It’s not a new concept.
Concept? How about reality.
Change often comes by way of pain. Or at least through discomfort.
Cavities teach us to brush and floss. Regularly.
Traffic tickets teach us to slow down and stop. Completely.
Lessons, though brief, inflict their sting… and change.
Strained relationships teach us to withhold judgement, step in other’s shoes, pay attention.
Losses teach us to value what matters, thank God, find meaning and contentment.
Life, though brief, imposes wounds… and change.
Bad habits are plain irritating.
Life situations, especially the what-just-happened ones, especially the done-to-me ones, especially the on-and-on ones, can bury and cover in 6 feet of pain.
Life situations are plain painful.
Jesus knows… literally… and so He sustains us, even helps us embrace pain so that none of it is wasted.
One way to embrace pain is to hold out in hope. Hooold out. Which means refusing the give up. Resisting the weary. Believing the best. Insisting on the wait. Talking about the good. Listening to the good. Imagining the goodest good. Praying for only good.
Which prolongs the pain. But promises worth-it change.
As for me, as for all the pain, I will hold out for God’s good change.
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