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“When you are in pain, you cannot ignore it. You must seek a remedy.”

A thought by Greg Darley (2010-11-15) from his book, Passion Is Not Enough: Four Elements to Change the World (Kindle Locations 572-573). Backstage Publishing. Kindle Edition.

It has been said that God speaks loudly through pain and softly through pleasure.  We don’t seek answers when everything is going right for us but when trouble is upon us.

The truth is in times of trouble there are three things that we can do.  We can do nothing.  Just roll with the flow.  Or we can gripe, complain, and play the blame game.  That’s what it seems we are doing right now in our country.  Even Christians are blaming everyone they can think of about what is happening.  To me it seems like we are all to blame because of our greed but that is for another time.  Blame does nothing to solve problems.  It just keeps us from turning to God and us to solve the problem which is the third way to deal with trouble.

Did you see the story last week of the young motorcyclist who was pinned under a 4,000 lb. car and it caught on fire?  Maybe you saw the video on the internet of the amazing moments when a group of bystanders, construction workers and students lifted the 4,000-pound car off the roadway while a man pulled the man's leg to drag him from the wreckage.  These people didn’t stand around watching but they together did something impossible.  They took action.

Pain does that.  We can’t ignore it so we do something.  So many people know that they are unhealthy.  They know that they need to do something but they don’t until they have to.  The one problem with heart trouble is that people don’t know they are having any problems until it is too late but some are fortunate to have that heart attack and not die.  Yes I said fortunate because they weren’t doing to do anything about their health until they had to and then they had to and the heart attack added years to their live.  They starting eating right and exercising and it changed their life.

The key is to do something before the pain but we don’t until it comes and we can’t ignore it and we then do what needs to be done.

So what is it in your life that needs your attention? 
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