Joy in the pain

When you experience the deep grief from the loss of a loved one. When you see your hopes and dreams slip through your fingertips. When there are more bills than money in your checking account. When there seems to be no end in sight to pain, illness, and long suffering, what then?  Is there a choice to be had? Yes!

Each and every morning the sun shall rise. And if we awake with breath within our lungs, steady beats within our heart, clear thoughts within our mind, we have been given a precious gift called Life.

Yes. There will be moments of grief. Without grief there would not be the experience of love. Yes. There will be disappointments. Without these we would not know what it is to have joy. Yes. There may be times we must do without. If not, we would not learn the lesson of gratitude. Yes. There will be days of sickness and pain. Without them we would not understand how to extend the hand of empathy towards others.

Oh, Yes! Indeed we have been given a priceless gift. LIFE.

"Sometimes the joy can give you wings to fly. Sometimes the pain cuts your soul just like a knife. There's fear. There's faith. There's loss. There's grace. I have seen it from both sides. This is what it means to be alive." ~ Danny Gokey