Thursday, October 07, 2004

Joyful Suffering

How can you show thankfulness when so much has been taken away from you? How can you have joy when much of the time you're in pain? I'd be lying if I said I knew the answer, but these questions have no doubt been on my mind since getting arthritis during my China trip. These past two months have been both the most painful and the most joyful of times. At every moment when I realize that I am completely helpless, something always happens. I discover something and I realize that there is a higher power. I have rarely received so much.. at a time when I have so little. Thesis is going well, I am surrounded by a cloud of good friends, I have loving parents who worry and care for me, I have a God who provides for my every need and who is healing me. The question is.. how can I not be thankful at a time like this?

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