Are you hurting?

Pain is a part of life. We do just about everything we can to avoid pain, but it still seems to find us.

The Apostle Paul had to deal with pain, even after he prayed about it. It might be important to note that we don’t always (including the Apostle Paul) get what we want when we pray to a loving God. However, we still have God on our side.

Read these verses, then plan on walking with God’s strength through your pain. He may not give you what you want, and it may not even make sense at the time, but your God is with you. His strength is all you need.

“Three different times I begged the Lord to take it away. Each time he said, ‘My grace is all you need. My power works best in weakness.’ So now I am glad to boast about my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ can work through me. That’s why I take pleasure in my weaknesses, and in the insults, hardships, persecutions, and troubles that I suffer for Christ. For when I am weak, then I am strong.” (2 Corinthians 12:8-10 NLT)