Annie,
I know the pain is hard to bear in this very moment, and it seems like the world is crumbling in because of it. I know it feels like this will never end and that God has not heard your cries for help. I know you feel helpless, hopeless and alone. I know it hurts a whole lot, and however much you wish it were gone, it just won’t go away. I know the pain has made you wish that life would end in this very moment so it would all just stop.
But Annie, God hears you. He loves you, and knows just how painful it is. He is weeping with you as you lay here, squirming and crying in pain. No-one knows better the pain you are feeling but Christ himself who endured the painful reality of death on the cross, bearing all of your sin and guilt - bearing all of God’s wrath. Never forget this reality. And guess what, it didn’t end in suffering - He rose! Nothing compares to the hope this brings - hope of resurrection with Christ, a new creation! So even though this pain seems like it’ll last forever, IT WON’T. Because in the new creation, all of this will end. So look forward! For now, even though you can’t see it, and even though you wish it would all just stop, know that God has a plan and a purpose for your pain. Remember that God has time and time again brought you through each wave of intense pain and he will bring you through this one. Just wait, and hope in Him.
I know the pain is hard to bear in this very moment, and it seems like the world is crumbling in because of it. I know it feels like this will never end and that God has not heard your cries for help. I know you feel helpless, hopeless and alone. I know it hurts a whole lot, and however much you wish it were gone, it just won’t go away. I know the pain has made you wish that life would end in this very moment so it would all just stop.
But Annie, God hears you. He loves you, and knows just how painful it is. He is weeping with you as you lay here, squirming and crying in pain. No-one knows better the pain you are feeling but Christ himself who endured the painful reality of death on the cross, bearing all of your sin and guilt - bearing all of God’s wrath. Never forget this reality. And guess what, it didn’t end in suffering - He rose! Nothing compares to the hope this brings - hope of resurrection with Christ, a new creation! So even though this pain seems like it’ll last forever, IT WON’T. Because in the new creation, all of this will end. So look forward! For now, even though you can’t see it, and even though you wish it would all just stop, know that God has a plan and a purpose for your pain. Remember that God has time and time again brought you through each wave of intense pain and he will bring you through this one. Just wait, and hope in Him.
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