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Purpose in the Pain

Gabby Gingras was born in a Minnesota hospital in 2001. On the surface, she seemed to be just like any other child, but her parents soon found out that she was born without the ability to feel pain. Only several dozen people in the world have the same condition. The technical term is  congenital insensitivity to pain with anhidrosis.  Some people may think that to not feel pain would be a blessing, but those who have this rare condition, would say differently. The nerves in ones body is designed to help him act, think, and feel. If he accidentally smashes his thumb with a hammer then the nerves in his hand will send a signal to his mind that basically tells him he is hurt and in pain. It has often been said, “Don't play with fire for you might get burned!” However, what if you don't realize that you are getting burned until it is too late? Sadly, Gabby ruined her mouth by biting and chewing her tongue into and continually breaking her teeth on toys. She felt nothing, so her...

THANKFULNESS

1 Thessalonians 5:18 states,  “In every thing give thanks: for this is the will of God in Christ Jesus concerning you.”  Again, Paul writes in Ephesians 5:20 , “ Giving thanks always for all things unto God and the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.”  It is undoubtedly much easier to offer up a word of praise to God, when the sun is shining and you are on the mountain top, but what about the times of pain? The times when it seems that instead of being  on top of the world , the world is crushing you. It appears rather pointless to thank God in everything  when everything seems to be all wrong. We must realize that thankfulness, in the midst of suffering, is vital for every Christian. Why? Because, it shifts our focus back to the Sovereign ruler and it settles our hearts in His love. You see, it is recorded in the gospel of Mark that the disciples were on a ship crossing the Sea of Galilee. A storm would come up and begin to beat down the ship unti...