Are you hurting?

"And He said unto me, my grace is sufficient for thee:  for my strength is made perfect in weakness.  Most gladly therefore will I rather glory in my infirmaities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me."  - 2 Corinthians 12:9

There are 3 possible ways to pray when you are hurting:  First, you can pray that God will give you an escape from the pain.  That's normal- in fact, that's how drug strores stay in business!

Second, you can pray for God to give you the strength to endure the pain.  And that, too, is a natural response.  If we can't escape the pain, we can pray to endure the pain.

Third, the way we can pray is to ask God to enlist the pain in our lives for our good and His glory.  If we pray to escape our pain, then we see pain as our enemy.  If we pray to endure our pain, then pain is seen as a master.  But, if we pray to enlist our pain, we see it as our servant.

We are able to find God's grace to glory in our infirmities, that the power of God may be manifest in our lives.  Are you hurting over something that has happened in your life?  Ask God to give you strength to choose to enlist that pain for your good and His glory.