Pain is such an interesting word right.
- Pain is used to motivate: Pain is weakness leaving the body
- Pain is used to inspire: No pain no gain
- Pain is used to comfort: Without pain, without sacrifice, we would have nothing.
Just google the word and there are so many quotes, stories, and testimonies about what pain has done in somebody's life!
I am not making light of those truths about overcoming adversity, obstacles, or set backs. But pain is... well, painful.
Now place yourself in the shoes of the disciples on the Saturday after the Friday that Christ died.
"What just happened?", "Oh there goes that roster again", "What now?" Try to imagine what Mary Magdalene was thinking. "I need to go care for the body in the tomb..."
Our modern quotes of inspiration, would likely not inspire them.
This was the Saturday before the resurrection. It was the moment before the event that changed everything! The disciples and the women who supported Jesus' ministry were in that space between two real truths. Grief and pain are a reality. Grief and pain don't ask for permission to join you on your journey. They don't ask to see when you are available to meet. They don't care if you are busy doing other things.
But let's not forget the second truth. God is with us. He draws near in our pain. He sovereign and He is behind the scenes.
“Let us not become weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.” Galatians 6:9 NIV
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