A Gift of Hope
It seems like I know so many people who are hurting. So many people, so many reasons for their pain. Some of the pain is physical--aching bodies, caused by disease or injury or age. Modern medical practices can help alleviate some of this pain, but not all of it. It is said that "time heals all wounds." Well, I think that time helps heal many injuries and medical conditions, but not all of them. Some people have to live with chronic pain. I've been there-- I know what that's like. Those of us who have lived with daily pain may learn to revel in the occasional pain-free days (or hours) that come our way. We don't take good health for granted any more. Mental or emotional pain, caused by the cares--no, the trauma--of life in this world, that's harder for us to understand. We grieve when a loved one dies. That's normal. We grieve over lost jobs, lost relationships, lost innocence, lost material possessions. ...