Keep your head up son

So first I would like to say "wowza."  I did not expect to get so many views. I don't know if the number will stay up as you realize my writing is nothing to be dazzled by but I guess I will keep going.

So most everyone gets headaches from time to time, right? Usually you can pinpoint a reason or a cause for the pain, but for the past 2 weeks I have had a headache that has been constant. I can't pinpoint a cause and it different than a normal old headache. Saw my nurse practitioner and had a CT scan but everything looked normal.

The other day as I was home alone trying to clean up the house, the pain got so annoying and I was so tired of it I cried out to Jesus (yet again). Then as I sat in silence I felt like the Spirit was saying to me, "Keep your head up son, the pain won't last forever."

Now I am not usually one to hear "the voice of God" or to know that God was clearly talking to me, but in the silence and in my pain and in the midst of another reminder of my need for a Father and Creator and Healer I felt that God had heard me yelling out- calling on His son- and He answered simply.

I know there are many people out the in pain of all sorts from physical hurt or abuse or disease or sickness to emotional damage cause by others or a number of other things that cause pain in life like the death of a loved one. Whatever it may be people are hurting and God is saying "Keep your head up son, the pain won't last forever. Wipe away your tears my dear, I will console you."

Here is the point that matters- whether I am healed of the cancer or if it kills me, I am going to serve my God because He created me and loved me so much that His son (Jesus Christ) gave his life in place of mine. You see, I had been separated from my maker because of my disobedience and the price for that was my life, Jesus gave his life in my place and yours.

Colossians 1:21-23 Once you were alienated from God and you were enemies with him in your minds, which was shown by your evil actions. But now he has reconciled you by his physical body through death, to present you before God as a people who are holy, faultless, and without blame. But you need to remain well established and rooted in faith and not shift away from the hope given in the good news that you heard. This message has been preached throughout all creation under heaven. And I, Paul, became a servant of this good news.