No Greater Love

Every time I endure another level of pain, I am encountered with the thought of what I shall do in this pain..it is naturally a part of the human existence to try and fix the pain, to become frustrated, down, despondent..how do I escape from the madness? Oh, how the Lord is reframing my thoughts within this! And how I rejoice, more and more, when from this pit, my soul arises upon the wings of the Lord! The physical pain may not even change, but my attitude and spirit regarding this pain..does change..it is only through the power of Christ in my being, that I can truly rest in the pain..sometimes understand the source thereof..but if not the understanding, simply being still and knowing that He is God! What profundity lies within the statement that He is God! Be affected by this..daily..by the minute..He is God, the One who gave His only Son to die for us..a people so entrenched in selifishness, self-pity, hatred, bitterness, unforgiveness, jealousy--my stomach turns as I think of it..as I think of the sin in my own life in which the Lord is convicting me! If we are not broken by the magnitude of this sacrifice--the ultimate sacrifice of all time, then we need to plead with the Lord to make it blatantly clear to the core of our natural man! Envision Him as He walked through the crucifixion--pain that no man other than our Savior has felt--in every realm, concerning the physical, the spiritual, emotional and psychological..blood and sweat pouring forth from His brow, a crown upon His head, the weight of the world upon His heart, a Cross to carry and then hang upon...hanging there as the world spit upon Him with rejection..He died for this..He died for this..may this humble us dear souls! I wept today as I was hit like a tsunami with this horror, yet beautiful..how can we then continue on unaffected by our own sin, and that of the world! This is a time to rise up people--fixing our eyes upon the glory that is to come..sit with Him in your pain and ask Him to reveal the jewels that lie beneath the essence of pain..there is ALWAYS a purpose in our pain..the Lord NEVER allows anything within our lives through mere happenstance. He is a God of purpose, destiny, hope, and everlasting life..trust Him today, and rest in His arms..what glory to behold, what magnificence abounds!