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Praising God for the pain.

We were provided with an excellent opportunity to practice our new task of "praising God for the pain" which still sounds a bit crazy. But after we saw it played out, it wasn't crazy. It was quite beautiful.

Vanessa fell alseep on the couch, it was only 8pm. So, I woke her to help her move to the bedroom, because I thought that was the right thing to do. When I did wake her, she was experiencing abdominal pain. How unfortunate that I woke her I thought. I quickly embraced my new task of giving praise to God in the pain and prayed. I thanked God for the pain and for all the wonderful things he has done in my heart and in Vanessa's life that couldn't have been accomplished without the pain. I then prayed that he would help this pain to pass and sleep to come. Her pain decreased a bit. But Vanessa asked, "how am I to give praise when it hurts this bad?" We eventually made it past the worst of the pain and we started to sing to Jesus. Very simple songs... "you are my sunshine" and "Jesus loves me". We ended up going to church online at www.lifechurch.tv and spent even more time talking about God and enjoying each other. The pain never fully left, but we ended up having such a wonderful time... the three of us. That we honestly could say, "God thank you for the pain tonight" because without it, we both would have just fallen asleep and wouldn't have had those beautiful and meaningful moments. And they were truly beautiful moments. They were the moments that make marriage fulfilling and lovely, and make being a Christ-follower simply the most beautiful thing in the world.

Read Acts 16:20 to the end of the chapter.

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