Have you ever wished that you could feel no pain?
I can guarantee that at least a thousand people in the world, if not almost the entire population has had this same thought at least once in their lives.
Immediately we would think of all the times that we or people we know or don't know have been hurt.
Those people who end up in serious accidents would probably feel this way from time to time.
We would so quickly wish for a life without pain, before we even gave the question much thought. However, I have come to the conclusion that being able to feel pain is a blessing from God, Christ Jesus.
A while back, I came across a few articles in the newspaper which struck my interest.
The articles were about the problems some couples were having raising their children.
It wasn't the behaviour of the child that was the problem. It was that the children being talked about, could not feel any pain.
Indeed, the children didn't cry if they scraped their knee or if someone accidentally stepped on their foot. You would probably think that's good, but at the same time, the children would just as easily break their legs in different places and never know about it because they couldn't feel the pain.
Normal activities like running and jumping caused tremendous worries for the parents involved as they were terrified whether or not their child might actually fracture or break something and never know.
Necessary things like eating became a problem as well.
One of the mothers told how her son once bit through his tongue and didn't feel it. The same son pulled out his teeth without a word. The child scorched his hand but didn't feel anything.
Apparently, this is a disease that doesn't afflict the majority of the world population... or does it?
I started to think about this, as the majority of the population treat their bodies and lives as though they did have the disease.
They do all manner of evil to themselves and each other even though they still feel the pain.
Can you imagine a world without pain now!?!
How utterly horrible it would be.
The human heart has become a very terrible thing and just likes to use every single advantage to do evil things.
I came to the conclusion that feeling pain, in this day and age is a tremendous blessing.
We should praise Jesus for giving us the ability to feel pain.
Without pain we wouldn't be able to know when our body needs healing. Without pain we wouldn't know, for the most part what things aren't healthy for us to do. Without pain we probably wouldn't even be able to grasp what Jesus being crucified and going through that entire ordeal would be like.
I can guarantee that at least a thousand people in the world, if not almost the entire population has had this same thought at least once in their lives.
Immediately we would think of all the times that we or people we know or don't know have been hurt.
Those people who end up in serious accidents would probably feel this way from time to time.
We would so quickly wish for a life without pain, before we even gave the question much thought. However, I have come to the conclusion that being able to feel pain is a blessing from God, Christ Jesus.
------- Why!?! -------
A while back, I came across a few articles in the newspaper which struck my interest.
The articles were about the problems some couples were having raising their children.
It wasn't the behaviour of the child that was the problem. It was that the children being talked about, could not feel any pain.
Indeed, the children didn't cry if they scraped their knee or if someone accidentally stepped on their foot. You would probably think that's good, but at the same time, the children would just as easily break their legs in different places and never know about it because they couldn't feel the pain.
Normal activities like running and jumping caused tremendous worries for the parents involved as they were terrified whether or not their child might actually fracture or break something and never know.
Necessary things like eating became a problem as well.
One of the mothers told how her son once bit through his tongue and didn't feel it. The same son pulled out his teeth without a word. The child scorched his hand but didn't feel anything.
------- It Comes Natural!?! -------
Apparently, this is a disease that doesn't afflict the majority of the world population... or does it?
I started to think about this, as the majority of the population treat their bodies and lives as though they did have the disease.
They do all manner of evil to themselves and each other even though they still feel the pain.
Can you imagine a world without pain now!?!
How utterly horrible it would be.
The human heart has become a very terrible thing and just likes to use every single advantage to do evil things.
I came to the conclusion that feeling pain, in this day and age is a tremendous blessing.
We should praise Jesus for giving us the ability to feel pain.
Without pain we wouldn't be able to know when our body needs healing. Without pain we wouldn't know, for the most part what things aren't healthy for us to do. Without pain we probably wouldn't even be able to grasp what Jesus being crucified and going through that entire ordeal would be like.
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