No More Pain

Revelations 21:1-6a

Yesterday one of the students I work with at school shared that her brother had died because of a workplace accident the day before. I asked her why she was in school and she answered that she didn't know where else to go or what else to do. She just wanted to do what she would have normally done.

I admire her courage. She wanted to be in a place, physically and emotionally, that felt comfortable to her. It may have been a good decision because she was able to share in the love and care of everyone around her. Her friends, teachers, and varied random people all came to her to spend a little time with her. 

By the end of the day she was feeling a little stronger, able to at least hold her head up and smile; a little. Time will heal the pain she is feeling, and time will take as long, or as short, as it needs to heal. When she gets to the other side of this point in her life she will be able to look back and know she was loved without conditions and without judgment. That's what I think the "new heaven and earth" our passage mentions will look like.

Verse 4a put's the description of this new world in perspective; "he will wipe every tear from their eyes." God comforts us through the people around us. It's when we forget to remain connected to those around us that sometimes makes the journey through that which ails us more difficult. 

Whatever your pain, whatever your trials, wherever you find yourself on the journey of life please know you have people who care and a God that loves without end. Hold on to the belief that one day that pain will be gone.