there is a book called "the problem of pain" by c.s. lewis. it talks about how hard a time people have believing in a good loving gracious God when there is pain and tragedy in the world. it is a great book. i highly recommend it.
we are currently doing pediatric orthopedic surgeries on board. there is a period about 4-6 hours after anesthesia where the kids "wake up" in extreme pain. they have already been physically awake but then they are "surprised" by this emerging pain. now, we as medical professionals expect this emergence of pain. it is a hard surgery. but in order to fix what was wrong, pain will be involved. so if we expect that there will be pain when fixing something physically wrong, why are we surprised by pain when fixing something spiritually wrong? why are we surprised by pain being in this world broken by our sins? why are we surprised when God's Word says in this world we will have trouble?
i don't know why we are surprised by pain. and i say we b/c even with my understanding of this today it doesn't mean that i won't be surprised by some pain tomorrow.
the only thing to do is to take heart and hope in what else the Word says..."take heart, I have overcome the world!"
About Me
- natalie
- ok, who am i? i am a believer in Jesus Christ, a daughter, a sister, a sister-in-law, an aunt, a friend, a nurse. i hate wearing shoes, i would go barefoot most of the time if i could. i don't really have a set style, one day it's all about being girly, the next its' about comfort and i wear pajamas and houseshoes in public, and the next it may be jeans and a punk shirt, it's all about the mood. most days, i can honestly say that when i got up and got dressed, i didn't think about you but just about what i wanted to wear (as long as it fits within societal norms). the most important thing in my life is my walk with God. some days i'm better at it than others. the next most important thing in my life is family and friends. being an aunt has been so rewarding but no more so than being a sister and a daughter, a friend. my friends live all over the world (literally). by profession, i am a nurse currently serving as a ward nurse on the m/v africa mercy.
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