Daily Share-a-Prayer w/e 26/10/2025
Derek Mill
Worship Leader, All Saints Church, Belton
Monday 20th October
Heavenly Father, C S Lewis wrote a whole book called 'The Problem of Pain.' Given what a clever fella he was I don't suppose I'm going to get an answer about the problem of pain in the next few minutes. I know already my 'go-to' answer about this as I have prayed and spoken to people about it many times before: we are broken people living in a broken world
Jesus made this clear when he said: "In this world you will have trouble." He didn't specifically mention pain, but His statement covered all the bases, all kinds of trouble. Another part of my 'go-to' answer is the fact You gave us choice, and gives us choice today. Some of our pain is self-inflicted, but not all I am sure. It was self-inflicted by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden and we sometimes inflict pain on ourselves today with poor decisions and wrong thoughts, words and deeds, which all have consequences
Thank You that in Your loving kindness You not only forgive us our wrongdoing, but paid the price for our sin on the cross. A third part of my 'go-to' answer is that all our prayers will be answered one day in Heaven when You will finally deal with the problem of pain, when You will wipe every tear from our eyes, "when there will be no more death or mourning or crying or pain"
It seems that some pain is random, as Jesus said about You: "He causes His sun to rise on the evil and the good, and sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous." I suppose I have most of my answer already. I still have a question as to why pain can go on for so long and why some people are healed and others aren’t. Again, my answer is already there I guess! Your Word referred to miracles as "signs and wonders." Each wonder is a sign of things to come. Pain will always be a problem until Jesus returns
Thank You that there are plenty of signs and wonders in life which affirm the Truth that there is a better life to come when pain will be no more. Help me Lord to hold on to this Hope, only found in Jesus and let Your Light shine
Amen
Songs for today:
There is a Hope
Power of Your love
Praise my soul the King of Heaven
There's a place where the streets shine
Let your Light shine
all songs (usually with lyrics) and talks courtesy of YouTube
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