One Gift God Gave Me in South Africa
From a journal entry: 7-6-17 Saying bye to my girls One of the greatest and most valuable gifts God has given me during these years of living here in SA is a theology of pain. It sounds funny I know, but it is one of those diamonds which is formed under the pressure and the dirt and can only be discovered as beautiful later. I think everyone needs a theology of pain, and chances are- you have one, whether you are aware of it or not. You believe something about pain- about who God is in the midst of it and who it makes Him out to be. I used to fear pain- a lot. Fear kept me from doing many things or saying many things because I was afraid of being hurt- of ending up in some kind of pain, whether of heart or body. I don't feel the same about pain anymore. I no longer fear pain as something to run and hide from. The fear has dissipated as God has expanded my heart to see pain differently. He has expanded my heart with the assurance that I will find Him there al
