I don’t about you, but if you’ve been a believer long enough, maybe you’ve heard enough opposing theologies on pain and suffering to make your head spin.
I don’t claim to be a theologian. I don’t claim to be an academic wizard on all things suffering. But as a medical doctor and patient with chronic pain, I think if only more of us would challenge our own paradigms of pain and healing, perhaps we would inflict a lot less pain on ourselves and others.
I am learning to remind myself—
Be kind to yourself. God’s got you. Sometimes, the last thing He needs is a Bible-thumping, devil cursing preacher to shout at you. He just needs you.