Pain is universal to the human experience. The Bible speaks so profoundly into the issue of pain and suffering. Oftentimes we shy away from this topic but we shouldn't. C.S. Lewis wrote, “Of course, I quite agree that the Christian religion is, in the long run, a thing of unspeakable comfort. But it does not begin in comfort; it begins in dismay I have been describing, and it is no use at all trying to go on to that comfort without first going through that dismay. ”What scripture tells us, and what Jesus shows us, is that we have to go through pain. But pain doesn't end there, it has a noble purpose in our lives, and if we let it, it will point us to the glory of God. And in that glory we will take rest, we will be comforted, and we will find joy. See John 17 1-3, compare Job 1:8-9 to Job 2:3, Job 4:7-8,17; 8:1-6; 9; 11:14-20; 13:15-17; 41:1-6, 2 Corinthians 4:16-18 (contrast with 2 Corinthians 11:22–28), 1 John 3:1-2, Luke 24:26 , Philippians 3:8-11, Hebrews 5:8.