“Pain can be a valuable tool.  It’s the all-important message alerting us to pay attention so we don’t further damage ourselves or

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“I actually begin to feel grateful for pain’s unique counsel.  I start to believe that life’s pains can surprisingly become gifts.  Suffering

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“In a world full of hate, abuse, and game change, God doesn’t avoid or ignore pain.  He sings a louder song over

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“Feeling the pain is the first step toward healing the pain.  The longer we avoid the feeling, the more we delay our

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“Suffering is the intersection where life’s deepest pains meet with the most wonderful blessings of grace. . . .  Suffering is where

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“Here is  suffering’s paradox: the very things we would do anything to avoid, the very things that confront our understanding of who

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