I have suffered from Migraine headaches for over 40 years. I’ve been to doctors, and neurologists and have tried every treatment possible and nothing seems to help. I have often wondered what the purpose of pain is. It is not just something we have to endure in the fallen world. Does God has a purpose for it?
I watch a movie the other night called “Sigmond Freud’s Last Session.” C.S. Lewis was in it. I learned that Lewis wrote in one his book “The Problem of Pain, God whispers to us in our pleasures, and speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts in our pains. It his megaphone to arouse a deaf world.
Pain and suffering may be the consequences of sin in a broken world. But nothing is wasted in God’s economy. As He continues to allow this temporary season, how will the Lord use this for my good and His glory? I wonder what He might want me learn through my migraines.
Is it to keep me humble? Or maybe to slow me don’t so I can spend more time with Him. Because just when I think I am fully trusting the Lord. He reveals to me I’m only scratching the surface. He is continuously calling me to grow.
When I’m suffering for days with a migraine I need to remember the many people praying for me, and encouraging me. He has people in my life who will support me.
But, pain and suffering have a powerful way of drawing me to God. Pain and suffering are not just negative experiences, they also are opportunities for growth, learning, and redemptive growth. Romans 5:3-5 says,
“We also rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces perseverance and perseverance, proven character, hope. And hope doesn’t disappoint us, because God’s love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who was given to us.”
The megaphone of the pain and suffering can be a powerful tool for good.
We can ignore pleasures, but pain and suffering insist on being attended to. There is no doubt that God’s megaphone is a terrible instrument. But it is only one that gives “bad people” an opportunity for amendment. It removes the veil and allows us to see what’s behind it.
I know that when I’m in pain, God allows me to draw closer to Him.
From Pity to Praise 