God is never closer than when your heart is aching.
Hi, I’m Joni Eareckson Tada asking, which pain is worse – emotional or physical? Like you, I’ve faced both kinds: crushing physical pain when I cannot get comfortable; and crushing heartache where I cannot stop the tears. Now you can almost distract yourself from physical pain. Even in a wheelchair, I’ve devised clever ways to forget about my paralysis. Ah, but the inside suffering, that's another matter. You cannot push mental anguish or heartache behind you. Emotional pain creates an emptiness that refuses to be crowded out of your thoughts. Well, think about the ways God says he will take care of inner anguish. Because he holds you in the palm of his hand; he hides you in the cleft of his rock. He shelters you underneath his wings. Friend, God is never closer than when your heart is aching. Read the Psalms until you find one that reminds you of God’s presence in your pain.
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