1 John 4:10 This Is Love: Not That We Loved God, But That He Loved Us And Sent His Son As An Atoning Sacrifice For Our Sins.

As big as our pain or problem is or can become, no pain or problem is bigger than the love God has for us. No pain or problem is bigger then Christ's atoning sacrifice for us. As desperate as we can be in needing answers, solutions, or healing, the love of God is bigger than anything in all of time. To find relief from our pain, we must immerse our pain in the love God has for us in the here and now. If we do not find relief, and sometimes we will not, we must keep immersing our soul in Christ's love. The more we immerse our soul in God, the more invincible we become. We will not become Superman or Superwoman in this life. However, we will become greater than any fictional character when we see Jesus face to face. Some of God's invincible power is waiting for us right now. The rest of God's invincible power is waiting to be inherited, absorbed, transferred, or washed over us when we see Him for the first time in Heaven.

1 John 4:19 We Love Because He First Loved Us.

When we are in pain we too often feel hate because of the pain. We often hate the pain. In our pain we do not love. Our discontent in pain spills over and our relationships are hurt. Our relationships break or become broken. In pain we must exert maximum effort to show caring, compassion, and love toward others. In pain, we so often want to ignore others and focus on ourselves. In our pain we must think more about Christ than about anything else, including our pain. In our pain, we must think more about the love of Christ pouring down from His cross to us as we kneel before Him. We are empowered to love because Christ first loved us. The love of Christ may not take away our pain, but His love empowers us to love in spite of our pain.

Deut. 7:7 The Lord Did Not Set His Affection On You And Choose You Because You Were More Numerous Than Other Peoples, For You Were The Fewest Of All Peoples. 8 But It Was Because The Lord Loved You And Kept The Oath He Swore To Your Forefathers That He Brought You Out With A Mighty Hand And Redeemed You From The Land Of Slavery, From The Power Of Pharaoh King Of Egypt.

If the Lord loves me, then why am I in pain? If the Lord loves me, why doesn't He make my pain go away? These questions have been asked millions, perhaps billions of times. These questions deserve answers. One answer to these questions is: because Satan hates you at the same time God loves you. Satan hates you so much Satan will eventually take away your earthly life. God through Christ His Son loves you so much Christ came to earth to save you so you can live in heaven forever…free of all pain, free of all hurt, living in peace, love, and harmony with God forever and ever. Why doesn't God stop Satan now so my suffering will stop? For this question we do not have a ready satisfying answer. One answer to this question about why God does not stop Satan is "It is not time yet for God to act." This answer is a "you have to wait" answer. This answer even leaves us in a place where we can doubt God loves us. However, we must keep our faith in Christ until we see Him face to face. No matter how much we hurt, or no matter how many unanswered questions remain in our heart, mind, and soul, we must push onward every moment to our eternal shining moment when we are at last, Home with God.

Luke 1:45 Blessed Is She Who Has Believed That What The Lord Has Said To Her Will Be Accomplished!"

Do you really believe the words of scripture or do you just think the gospel is "interesting?" The power of your willing to believe and the power of your willing to take the truth of the gospel into your being so you do not doubt the word of God will be an enormous blessing to you. The blessing to you will come in the form of a healing beyond our present level of understanding. The blessing to you will be a power flowing in you in such great amount the blessing will cause you to doubt less and believe more.

Genesis 32:28 Then The Man Said, "Your Name Will No Longer Be Jacob, But Israel, Because You Have Struggled With God And With Men And Have Overcome."

Those of us who live in pain struggle. We can look around and think we see people who lost the struggle. We look around and can see people who finally gave up because they couldn't keep going. No matter what we see, in terms of the losses of this world, we are still supposed to hang on and fight to the very end. Certainly, the very end can be full of the bitter fruits of our pain but the millisecond past the end…YEE HA!!!! What we do not see is how we overcome in our struggle. When our pain is unrelenting and unforgiving, we are blinded to the fact we can overcome the world when we reach up to Christ. When we are old, our days on earth grow shorter and we know it. Even in our struggles of old age, we must be like Jacob and struggle onward. What we achieve when we overcome is infinite and infinity in Christ's love. What we achieve when we struggle onward cannot be measured in any human way. Every time we want to stop but we struggle on, inch by inch to be God's child, we bless God and His kingdom. On earth and in heaven there are angels. When we want to quit, the Lord's angels surround us to tell us "just a while longer."

Luke 17:5 The Apostles Said To The Lord, "Increase Our Faith!"

What incredible magnificent honesty! The apostles recognized their lack of faith. They recognized the necessity of faith. The apostles asked the power of powers to increase their faith. We too, must plead with God to increase our faith. Our faith is the cornerstone of our life with Christ. We cannot readily survive without a strong faith in Christ Jesus. We do not have enough faith. However, Christ will be our guide. He will give us what we need…even our faith. Our pain erodes our faith. Because our pain erodes our faith, Christ stands to help us, support us, and heal us. When we are honest with God about our lack of faith, He comes to us to help us in all manner of ways.

Mark 9:23 " 'If You Can'?" Said Jesus. "Everything Is Possible For Him Who Believes."

Our pain plants the seeds of our doubt. Our Jesus attacks our doubt by asking us to believe. Jesus asks us to believe so we will open up the infinity of His love and power. When we believe in Him and in His truth, our belief opens the door of His eternal reality for us. We too often miss the infinite because we "want it now." When we look beyond our selfish wants dominated by satanic evil, we can begin to get an inkling of how everything is possible. "Everything" is a lot. "Everything" is the infinite.