If you've spent any time watching someone's heart monitor, you probably have experienced some pain and worry. Being the beings that we are, we want to know that there is some significance to be found in these kinds of things.
What does it mean to feel pain? What good is it? Why does it happen?
Henri Nouwen wrote a book called, Wounded Healers. The idea is that those who have suffered a great deal are also now very powerful agents of healing.
Reminds me of Jesus:
He was despised and rejected by men,
A man of sorrows, and familiar with suffering.
Like one from whom men hide their faces
He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
Surely He took up our infirmities
And carried our sorrows,
Yet we considered Him stricken by God,
Smitten by Him, and afflicted.
But He was pierced for our transgressions,
He was crushed for our iniquities;
The punishment that brought us peace was upon Him,
And by His wounds we are healed.
When I'm suffering, there's no one I would rather be comforted by than someone who has suffered. My friends (you know who you are), you are more than you were before this happened.
Jesus has given you some of His healing power.
Those monitors are addictive. I have a love/hate relationship with them.
ReplyDeleteDriving from the hospital and thinking that whatever happens it's part of God's plan is confusing. I don't cling but I just leave it alone because I don't know how else to deal with it. When your loved one is possibly close to a temporary leave of absence, having to say "whatever happens I thank you for the time I was given with them" isn't something I prefer to do. I did it, but there was still a lot of pleading.
On the lighter side this reminds me of one of my favorite bumper stickers/quotes:
"Nobodies perfect. Well... there was that one guy but we killed him."
"Part of God's plan" is a loaded term. Maybe we'll have to deal with that one.
ReplyDeleteWe know this much--God miraculously preserved your boy for something. We just don't know what it is yet. Let's keep our eyes open.
I looked up the axle weight of a Honda hybrid--440 kgs, or about 1,000 lbs. per rear axle.
Try to tell me it wasn't an intervention.
I got the police report. I guess it was a Toyota Prius (also a hybrid). Probably about the same weight though. I was so sure it was a Honda too. :-)
ReplyDeleteHonda, Toyota, Cadillac--doesn't seem to make much difference. It was a car.
ReplyDeleteI like the blog After Pain Healing Power...Good stuff.
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