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This past week I started an intense workout program. No, I promise after one week I am not going to attempt to give expert advice on health and fitness, but I did stumble across a very interesting life lesson. After intense workouts resulting in an insane amount of pain and inflammation, I went to Dr. Google to research a little before making what I thought was an obvious choice. My first choice was to take ibuprofen or another anti inflammatory type pain reliever. Turns out taking the easier path hinders the process. The inflammation (and pain) is all a part of the way your body heals and the muscles begin to strengthen in the process. It is probably boring to most, but I found it fascinating how God made our bodies to work, and how I imagine our souls work similarly. After all, it is the same God who has created both body and soul.
Unfortunately, I have had an injury in the past six weeks resulting in a partially torn ligament in my ankle. It made it painful for several weeks to even try and walk. However, the sooner I embraced the pain and took step after step in spite of my ankle screaming at me, “Stop it hurts!” the sooner I began to heal. Essentially walking through greater pain was the only way to heal. What painful things have you had to walk through in your life? Have you ever shied away from the pain hiding out and possibly taking years to heal because it was too painful to take another step? I’ve pondered this most of the week. The famous saying comes to mind, “one step forward and two steps back.” The other half of the mystery I had to go to Dr Google to solve was the fact that after blood sweat and tears I actually gained two pounds! Apparently, this is one of two things: 1. The science that muscle weighs more than fat. 2. Water weight that is attributed to the inflammation of healing muscles that, let's face it, have not been worked very hard in a while. Lets do a re-cap:
Ok God, this is so not human logic. We humans really hate the word “process” don't we? Wouldn't it be so much easier if everything was handed to us in life? If we were born into privilege or royalty and all those around us worked together to stroke our egos and soften all the blows of life? Sounds pretty incredible like a fairy tale (probably because it is). Pain is required for strength and growth, without it our roots cannot grow deep. Are we not God’s children? So why then the pain? Does our heavenly Father enjoy adding sorrow to us? How it revolutionizes our worlds to understand pain was created for a purpose! It teaches us, we grow stronger through it, and if we are His children it is prepared for us by the one who orders every step we take. Why does it have to be painful? Maybe it is because pain gets our attention, maybe it is because we value something we have to face pain to receive? It could also be that there are some lessons and some blessings that can only pass at the gate of pain. Its not a popular message. We want to pop the ibuprofen and be done with it. Perhaps if instead of raising our fists to God and asking, “Why?”, instead of inflicting unnecessary pain upon ourselves by questioning if God cares for us, we could try and understand what pain really is. If you are His child then He has designed how much pain you receive and never without the purpose of strength and growth and all of the good things a Father wants for His child. In regards to my painful workouts, maybe I'll come out of the other side a better version of myself. In regards to whatever you are facing in your life right now, maybe you will come out of the other side a better version of yourself too.
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