Coping with Pain
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How do we deal with the pain?
We all know
we will have trials and we know Why
Bad Things Happen. So how do we handle these trials? Here are a few practical ways to cope with the
pain:
#1
Understand God and yourself
Don’t
run from God, run TO God. As humans we tend to
blame somebody, but avoid the urge to blame God. He’s
on our side.
#2
Remove wrong expectations
Remember,
God did not “allow” this to happen and we may not know “why” this is
happening right now. God doesn’t cause
suffering and He can’t always prevent it.
#3
Realize that suffering is not always a result of your own personal sin
This is
a fallen world where Satan is in charge. This
is a battle and we are on Satan’s turf. Bad
stuff happens to everyone in a war zone.
#4
Think clearly about death
If you
are right with God, death is not something we should fear.
Death should hold no power over us because we will spend eternity with God.
(NOTE: One of the most important decisions you can make is
choosing to accept or reject Jesus. If you
have not done this (or are not sure), please click here
to learn more.)
#5
Look at Jesus to see suffering and difficulties clearly
Both
God and Jesus had the power to stop His suffering, yet neither One did. Why? Because
it was necessary that Jesus play by the rules to truly win.
We chose to let Satan run the earth, so now we have to suffer the
consequences.
#6
Do something
If a
person does nothing but sit around and think about their pain, the pain becomes much more
oppressive. Do something!!
#7
Try to focus on others—it actually helps you and them
See #6
#8
Lean on people who can support you
….especially
if they’ve been through it themselves.
“...the
God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles so that we may be able to in turn
comfort those who are also having trouble…” (2 Corinthians 1:3,4)
#9
Avoid big, life changing decisions in the middle of suffering
It’s
usually best to give yourself time to heal and adjust to what’s happened before
making big, life changing decisions.
#10
Don’t ever forget the nature of God
God is
our loving heavenly Father, always working His hardest for the best of His kids. He’s always available and working to help us.
Remember,
God did not CHOOSE to have any of this happen and he does not CHOOSE who is hurt or
suffers. He loves all His children equally,
otherwise He would protect those that are serving Him the most, which we know isn’t
true. Obviously, somebody else (Satan) is
doing the choosing.
Satan
is a lion that God has constantly fought to keep away that has now escaped.
“Be
on your guard, for your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking
SOMEONE to devour.” (1 Peter 5:8)
When bad
things happen, we should focus all of our rage on the perpetrator-SATAN.
Source: Tucson
Community Church
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