In severe pain day and night-and yet...

Pain seems to be a very strong connection with him and us

I suffer from severe pain day in and day out due to osteogenesis imperfecta (brittle bone disease).
For people who don't live in constant pain, physical or even emotional pain don't always understand that pain can bring so much joy when you have God in your life. I for one know exactly how it feels to depend on Him day in and day out due to pain and the love that He has shown me and the love I have been able to show others because of it. I wouldn't trade my pain for the world because my pain is what caused me to come to Him in the first place. As crazy as it sounds, I'm thankful for the pain that I'm in every day.
Thank you for sharing this, it was a good reminder of how God can use anything to draw us closer to Him.

I'll be praying for you and I hope you start to feel better in time.

Yours is truly one that I wish I could help, my pain is no where near yours and I am so glad you have found a deeper connection and love with God even through pain, that is my hearts greatest desire that others would develop a deeper bond and love with him and you are proof God has heard my hearts prayer.

I believe..... I have faith, though times I wish it was much stronger... So I ask for the Holy Spirit to give me His.. I know He is always with us, and I know what He can do because even Jesus had His help... I know... I have faith when we come to times like these, He's doing something... We might not see it, understand it, or feel Mormon "our" sense, but I know He's doing something... Especially for those who have such a blessed calling as my brother here.... My faith knows He is... In God and in Jesus I put my faith... It doesn't matter what my feelings say, it doesn't matter what those little voices whisper... My faith says my Lord is doing something... Devine intervention.... For my brother Lord... Amen..

Thank you. ^-^
Sometimes we have to remember, helping someone with their pain can be as simple as reminding them that God can help them through it. We might not be able to take away the pain but we can help show them how to cope with God's word.
You're a kind soul brother. I'm sure you've helped many.

well your sort of right, many hearts and wounded souls have been helped encouraged mended and strengthened but it was God speaking through me it had nothing to do with me except my willing to be used.

So a little update on me, it has been a very long time since I have had severe pain in my nerves and joints in all honesty I thought it was gone for good but alas after 6=7 months it's back and it's bad. It's so hard to move and I have taken heavy pain meds but not much good although soaking in a nice hot batch really helps just not for long it's nearly unbearable.

This has been going on for about two weeks we never were able to figure out what caused it even when I had it nearly a year ago but it's reared it's ugly head again. But in this pain I consider the pain others feel I consider the hurting and the searing pain both physically and spiritually I recall how often I would hear of peoples pain and beg God to allow me to take their pain only for him to reply I already did that on the cross and that it's not my cross to carry I then would beg him to please comfort them and surround them in his warmth letting them know he is with them.

I have no doubt he did this when I asked and I am sure he will do the same for me but I remember so many stories of people in severe pain and how it pierced my heart and then saying to God why couldn't it have been me? Now that I think about it while my heart may have had pure intentions I'm not sure it would have been such a good thing if I took on their pain as I can barely handle my own here but something I have noticed with pain is that it always makes me run into his arms whether that is my own pain or concern for others. Pain seems to be a very strong connection with him and us

You are a saint, Blain. God bless you. I don't think I could never do what you offered to do for God.

You are a saint...

Your body may be weak, but your spirit is strong.