Loving Through Chronic Pain (#1002)
It is easy to respond to someone's pain with love and prayers for healing, but what do you do when healing doesn't come? Many feel awkward, unintentionally withdrawing from the relationship because they don't know how to support someone negotiating chronic pain. Kyle and Wayne explore what it means to care about someone with a long term condition, whether it be emotional or physical. Can we sit with someone in pain and know that the power of our presence to hold it with them is as powerful as trying to get God to fix it? The best way to learn that is by discovering how God is present with us when we are in pain. Presence is everything!
Podcast Notes:
- Video recording of this podcast
- Wayne and Sara's trip through Colorado, South Dakota, Montana, and maybe Alberta before heading back for a lap around the Pacific Northwest.
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But how about if the fight is not about “storming the gates of heaven” like so many of us were taught. Rather the fight is against our emotions and our thoughts which are constantly coming against the truth we know?
Hi Esther. If that’s what people need to do to get centered in Christ’s love and presence with them, that’s fine by me. But still, I find it more helpful to lean into his reality not by fighting against he lies, but leaning into the truth of his love and goodness has always worked better for me. I guess it is like striving to enter the rest. It seems counterintuitive, but if it works, great. I find relaxing into that reality far more fruitful than fighting… even my emotions.
This was especially good and insightful Wayne. Kyle’s questions really brought some depth to the subject matter by having you further elaborate. Safe travels!
Kyle, unlearning is often the path to truth. Trust your heart in your struggle with god; for love cannot lie.