WHEN PAIN SPEAKS

Psalm 77: 2

In days filled with trouble, I search for you. And at night I tirelessly lift my hands in prayer, refusing comfort.

Pain speaks to us in ways that ease cannot. It makes us remember what pleasure forgets. Yung maliit nating daliri na lagi nating nai-ignore-ignore, pag yan ang sumakit biglang conscious ka. “Ay! May maliit na daliri pala ako.” You become conscious of the parts of your body you had never known existed or you never appreciated. Kung bakit naman kapag may sugat ka, laging yun ang nababangga. Kapag tayo ay nasugatan at nasaktan, we become more conscious of other people who are also wounded.

Pain gives wisdom because it isolates us so we can think more clearly. Kung lagi kang connected at naliligiran ng mga tao, hindi ka nakakapag-isip nang mabuti. It also points us to God. Kasi kung may karamdaman ka at nag-iisa, aloneness forces us to be with God. Dun tayo nagkakaroon ng oras para makipagniig, makipag-usap, at umasa sa kanya. Kaya sa gitna ng mga dinaramdam at kahinaan natin, naaalala natin ang Dios.

When pain speaks to us, we must listen. Let your pain speak to you about you. Bakit ganito ang nararamdaman ko? Bakit sumakit ang dibdib ko? Ano ang mga mali kong ginagawa? Ano ang puede ko pang itama sa darating na panahon? Ano’ng personality ba mayroon ako? Bakit lagi na lamang akong ninenerbyos? Nagkukulang ba ako ng pagtitiwala sa Dios? Let your pain speak to you because it has a message.