Pain is a crossroad each one of us faces, moment by moment, every day. Pain is operating no matter which decision we make. The familiar road in the limbic system part of our brains that avoids pain, runs, hides or pretends pain away, leads to death. The unfamiliar road of facing and walking through pain with Jesus leads to life.

The truth is, there is no easy way. Pain ignored grows more pain. Pain faced is an endurance work. Walking through pain with Jesus is hard work. But it's also the work that brings us to rest. Rest is the trust we grow in Jesus as we let Him transform our pain for us.