"If the pain is in you, the problem is in you!"
I have tried and tried but every time there is pain in my life, I can trace it back to a problem in me. If you poke a bruise on my arm and I yelp from pain, the problem was not the poke, the problem was the bruise. And the bruise is in me!
Do you know why we don't like people? Because they expose the reality of the pain in us! We don't want to change and we don't want to confront reality, so we run from those things that force us to... in this case relationship.
Relationships will always expose the reality in us! Not kind acquaintances, but real relationships. The bible says that the wounds of a friend are faithful!
The problem is most of us start to realize that the pain is in us and we jump off of the cross! The bible also says to mortify the flesh, to daily take up your "cross" and follow Him. To do that, we have to stop jumping off the cross the second we realize we are on it. If you would hurry up and die to those things that are causing you the pain instead of running away from them, then before you know it you will be able to embrace those things! If it's people, you will even be able to lead them!
Take 5 minutes right now, and write down at LEAST 3 areas that you have been running from a thing because it reveals the pain and the problems in you. Then write down what those problems are. Finally, write down 1 practical step that you are going to do this week to put yourself in the position to die on your cross.
Remember, if any of these posts make you mad, or if they cause pain in you, its because the problem is in you. That problem may be good, and that problem may be bad, but the key is to realize that it is IN YOU!
Where is your pain at?!
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Two part answer Leon,
First to consider the good bad question, I should have qualified that statement more clearly. Have you ever had pain from having stretched your muscles? That wonderful soreness the day after a nice hard workout. That is good pain! There are times we are in pain in our lives and we recognize the pain and realize it is part of the process of transformation that we are going through in our life! In that case, the pain is WONDERFUL! It can even make you feel great in the long run.
As for the second question, I believe the key lies in recognizing the root of the pain and not the symptoms. Many times we try to fix the symptoms in our lives and we never deal with the root. If we only deal with the symptoms I think you are absolutely right, we are merely changing ourselves to temporarily make the pain go away. So we have to always dig to find the real root of why we are experiencing the pain. Understand that pain in us does not indicate where the real problem is. Often I can have a sore back and the problem can be between my shoulders. Therefore, to really see effective change in our lives we must dig to find the source of the pain. It's not about making the pain go away, it's about recognizing the real problem and dealing with it.
I hope this helps!
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