A two-step program toward a positive God-honouring response to pain. 
Step one: Think straight about trouble. It's not only inevitable, it's indiscriminate. Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes. "Various trials" (James 1:2) affect our health, our careers, our relationships. Once we understand the facts, we can begin appreciating their significant values in our lives. 
Step two: Trade resistance and resentment for receptivity and rejoicing. "Count it all joy" (James 1:2). The joy is not in the presene of pain BUT in the knowledge that God is using our pain to refine us and make us better, not bitter.
Step one: Think straight about trouble. It's not only inevitable, it's indiscriminate. Trouble comes in all shapes and sizes. "Various trials" (James 1:2) affect our health, our careers, our relationships. Once we understand the facts, we can begin appreciating their significant values in our lives. 
Step two: Trade resistance and resentment for receptivity and rejoicing. "Count it all joy" (James 1:2). The joy is not in the presene of pain BUT in the knowledge that God is using our pain to refine us and make us better, not bitter. -Joe Stowell
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Our Daily Bread
Pictures from: http://www.pradeepkumar.com/2007/03/pain.html
http://texasjoy.blogspot.com/2007/04/whibsib.html
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