Avoiding Pain

We don’t need to be told that emotional trauma is painful.  We’ve given lots of time and effort to ignoring, avoiding, and denying the pain we feel.  We’ve used anger, addictive substances, and even self-harm to try to reduce our pain.  While we think we are reducing pain with our coping mechanisms, we are in fact increasing it.  God has a better way of dealing with pain and He offers it to us. 

God will do for us that which we cannot do for ourselves, but we need to admit that we are in pain and become willing to submit to the treatment process required to bring healing.  No matter what got us to this place, God has a solution for our problem.  Are we willing to surrender our will and our life into His care, have Him remove our defects of character, sort out our chaotic relationships, and base the direction for our daily living on His principles as recorded in the Bible? 

Thankfully we have people in our families, in meetings, in churches and in treatment centers who will help support us. Our part is to stay real and be honest about our pain.  God cares.  Others care.  We don’t need to avoid our pain any longer.  With God’s help and that of others we will find healing and freedom. 

Prayer:  Loving God, I give thanks that as I face my pain You are with me, and You care.  I ask You to give me the courage to go forward in recovery, trusting that You will make all things right as I surrender to Your will and Your ways. Amen

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