harbarger theory: it's supposed to hurt!! Somehow, folks have gotten it into their heads that life is supposed to be easy. They got it into their head that we aren't supposed to have any pain whatsoever, food is supposed to always be available whenever we want it, jobs aren't supposed to be hard, our partners in life are supposed to meet all of our needs and we're always supposed to get a raise.
That's a bunch of hooey! Pain is a part of life. Good food takes time and is worth waiting for. Hard work doesn't hurt us and makes us appreciate the rewards. Our partners will not and can never meet all of our needs. That's why we have friends and some of our needs just may not get met by someone else. Maybe we should earn our raises, instead of expecting them because we show up and breathe.
In short, I think we've become a bunch of whiny babies who want what we want when we want it however we want it. I say, "Grow up!" Life is SUPPOSED to be hard! Sometimes things hurt. So, toughen up and play through the pain. Scars are just tattoos with better stories!
Some preachers (electronic and otherwise) teach that God will provide the desires of your heart. That's only true when our hearts are in tune with the will of God! God's not the divine Fed-Ex guy. God is ... well, GOD and we should never forget that. So, when they teach this entitlement crock of poo, then just turn the channel and watch a sitcom. It's probably got more meaning, anyway.
We supposed to hurt, and we all feel it at various times. You're not the only one. We're all in this together. Everybody get hit by the shrapnel of life and some of us carry it around in our bodies for the rest of our lives. That's just the way it works.
So, band together. Share the pain. Bandage each other's wounds. But keep going. Play through it. Limp if you need to, but keep going.
We live in a wounded and painful world and we need to keep helping others to live through their pain. It's in the shared pain that we find REAL community and we grow up and become adult human beings. It's in the bandaging of other's wounds that we start to heal ourselves. Life is meant to be lived together.
That's where the joy is. It's in the journey ... together. All of limping down the road together. That where the joy is.
harbarger theory: it's supposed to hurt!
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Does this mean that the prayer cloth I got from that TV preacher isn't going to work?
No, Paul. Silly boy. Of course, THAT will work!!! What, are you kidding me? A TV Evanga-salesman lying to you? What? No way!!
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Wow Great Stuff.
Thanks for sharing
J Dan Renfro
I experienced the pain, while driving to work each weekday and seeing a billboard proclaiming the lottery was now 330 million. It was rubbing it in my face at 4:30am that I had to work out in the cold all day. Still I wouldn't miss the chance I have to share and pray for those at work. Sometimes just to listen, and be involved in the lives of others and see God work in them is priceless. Take that evil billboard!!!
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