Pits and Perspective

We often go through life trying to avoid pain. We want to be happy and feel good all of the time. Not only is that impossible it is also not healthy. Pain can help us grow. Pain can help alert us to something that needs to change. We should not live our lives seeking an absence of pain but rather we should pursue an abundance of perspective through the pain. God's Word, His Holy Spirit and other believers can give us that eternal perspective in the midst of our pain while we are in the pit. God is present with us in the pit. He has not forsaken us. He will redeem our pain for His name's sake.