Painful

There are a lot of things in this world that causes pain: emotional pain from the grief of a lost loved one, physical pain from an injury (or toothache in my current condition), financial pain through the loss of a job and income, and the list can go on. Yes, currently, I am going through some physical pain from a root canal. This tooth has given me trouble most of my life. It's had two or three fillings and is now getting a root canal and crown. It has abcessed and the infection is so great that we are doing the root canal in stages. This tooth problem is one reason I can't sleep tonight (the heat is the other).

But as I think of the pain I'm in, I am reminded of the physical pain my Lord suffered on the cross. Why did He suffer? Because of my sin that I've kept hidden from the world's view, just like the abcess infection under my tooth. I have always wanted to put my best foot forward, as my mother would say. I wanted to make people happy. I didn't want them to know the sins I've committed in my hidden heart. I didn't want them to know what a mess my life truly is. Yet, God accepts me knowing all these things. He knows me intimately and had created me for a purpose. Mom also said that your sins will eventually be revealed, just like the abcess was revealed by a swollen jaw and my pain. You can't hide them. They are there just waiting to be revealed. Psalm 69:5 says "O God, thou knowest my foolishness; and my sins are not hid from thee." (KJV) I am thankful to have God as my best friend who loves me unconditionally!