Pain in His Grace

James 1: 2-5
Dear brothers and sisters, whenever trouble comes your way, let it be an opportunity for joy. For when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow. So let it grow, for when your endurance is fully developed, you will be strong in character and ready for anything. If you need wisdom - if you want to know what God wants you to do - ask Him, and He will gladly tell you. He will not resent your asking.Allow yourself to feel your pain...acknowlege it and experience the endearment from Your Father to you and from you extending it to others. You will be closer to the heart of the Father in your pain as it is only a portion of the pain that Christ experienced on the cross. If you are in extreme pain then you must rejoice in it because ultimately it means your Daddy is loving you where you are at. He is building character in His princess....His princess has been living in the reality of pain for the past week and it is certainly not easy, but His purpose is better than her walls of anger, resentment, self-hate, and bitterness!