Allowing the Wound
Much of my head time lately is spent thinking about the necessity of pain. This is a flipped script from decades of my considering “the problem of pain”—i.e. why would a good God allow such suffering? While I still struggle with the thought of what seems like God “standing” idly by while horrific things happen to goodish people, I see evidence all over that from this pain and sorrow springs beautiful opportunities for spiritual transformation.
I’d like to write about this over a period of time. It is key that we do not seek or choose our wound, yet when the wound occurs, and it will, that rather than relentlessly fighting it that we “allow” it….choose to BE with it, all the while seeking God for the message/hidden power of the wound, even when the idea of such a message seems outrageous. It’s a bit counter-intuitive, however I think this is really the only path for deliverance from pain. When we choose to embrace the transformative power of the wound, we can then move on….to the next wound, or so it seems.
