HOW HAVE YOU PRAYED WHEN FACED WITH PAIN?

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I'm a grandmother of a teenager, and love to do lots of biking—to work over steep inclines, sweeping descents, and long stretches of tricky maneuvering on uneven pavement. In the past there've been shoots of pain from my knees now and then. Whenever that happens, I use it as a little alarm clock—time to thank God with all my heart that He never made pain. It's never part of my life, or anyone's life. What a wonderful thought! I just rejoice in that—the infinite comfort of Love, constituting all substance, filling all space. The pain vanishes away. I (mentally) ran to this wonderful truth recently when heavy boards fell on my toes. The pain faded away in moments, and there was no bruising.

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