Just Imagine...

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Sometimes when I am in deep pain I like to imagine things. Using my imagination gives me a little a respite.

When you are in pain, just imagine...

Imagine you are under a waterfall where the water is the love of God. Imagine the love God is pouring down over you. Imagine the love of God soaking into your heart, life, and body. Imagine for as long as you can.

We do not need to imagine much because no matter how much we imagine, your imagination and my imagination cannot come close to the reality of God pouring His love over us.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly

Assign A Purpose To Your Pain

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The worst part of living in pain is there is no purpose to the pain. The pain hurts and hurts some more with no purpose. To combat this injustice of injustices, you have to assign a purpose to your pain. Since your pain does not come from God, you can choose to glorify God as a result of your suffering. No matter what you do, assign a reason or purpose for every minute you live. Assign a reason or purpose for every response you make in regard to your suffering. Assigning a reason or purpose to your suffering gives you a power in face of purposeless suffering that takes away your power.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly

The Mistakes Along The Way

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It would be great if we lived a mistake free life. However, we make mistakes, especially if we live a life in pain. Pain dulls our senses and our sensibilities in many ways. Pain degrades our decision-making abilities. Pain lessens our ability to make accurate assessments. Our personalities are directly impacted by the pain we suffer. All these markers, taken together, set us up to make more mistakes than we would make if we were pain-free.

Nearly all of my regrets are centered on what I did not do, the silence I kept when I could have spoken, the love I did not show, and the compassion I did not extend. However, the raw mistakes do haunt me.

I do live in the full knowledge God forgives. God understands. Somehow, some way, God sets things aright both in my life and in your life if we fully repent and fall before Him in love and contrition.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly

When You Want To Put An End To It

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When you want to put an end to your pain, you might also want to put an end to you. I am being realistic here. We must not live in denial about what pain does to us. We must not live in denial about the terrible depression pain can bring. We must not live in denial about thinking about how life would be better for us if life was over.

HOWEVER, we are not to go into the territory of taking our life. We are not to go into the territory of thinking about taking our life. Your life, although you might have unstoppable pain, has infinite value. You must trust your life is so valuable, your great adversary has found it necessary to wound you and make you hurt. Your life is so valuable, the satanic darkness of the universe has chosen to afflict you to slow you down or stop you from walking more fully with God each day.

After all, you are hurting because Satan wants you to hurt. Someday you will hurt no more into eternity because Christ does not want you to hurt ever again.

In your darkest moments, live in the knowledge and wisdom you are loved by God...held by Him in the palm of His hand...and carried by Him every second you are alive.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly

The Holidays And Pain

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The holidays start tomorrow. There have been years when I dreaded seeing Thanksgiving and Christmas. Most of the reason for my dread was because I had to operate on someone else's schedule. In my pain and disability, I can't even operate on my schedule, let alone other folks.

So what do we do when we hurt and we are supposed to be lighthearted and happy. Well, you got to grin and bear it. Smile, be nice, caring, kind, compassionate, and attentive. Keep your mouth shut about how much you hurt. I know you have trouble carrying the burden. If there is anything at all we need, it is for someone to help us carry our cross. However, we need to put others first and keep our mouth shut about our pain, especially during holiday festivities. I know what I am saying is hard to take, even harder to do. But we have no business taking anyone down with our burden. Our burden is ours to bear. Let us all get as strong as we can and be a light to others, even if we are in darkness ourselves.

Do what God wants you to do and pick others up, even if you are down. You will be blessed if you do so.

May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly

Say "No!!!"

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When the pain ramps up and I start twinging, cramping, spasming, and hurting out of my mind, I stop for just a minute. In the painful mess I am in, I tell the pain an emphatic "No!!!"

Then I wait a few seconds and repeat the process.

Satan the pain-maker wants us to quit. Saying "No!!!" goes a long way toward keeping us keeping on.


May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly

When There Is No Answer To "Why?"

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I gave up asking "why" a long time ago. Even if I had found a clear answer, my pain would remain. Perhaps the best answer to "why?" resides somewhere between heaven and hell. All the hurt, pain, and suffering comes from Satan, but why does God permit the hurt to be? Did God know in advance I was going to hurt like this? Did I know in advance before I was born? Sometimes I have a clear answer to these questions, tonight as I write this, no so much.

I think I knew in advance. I agreed to it. Knowing someday I would not be hurting because Jesus and me would be together again. Pain is purifying to an extent. After you hurt for years, you begin to see through people and circumstances. Like you have an x-ray eye.

Although I don't know why, I do know someday my pain will end. I will live in peace and glory unending. All because Jesus loves me this I know.


May the Lord bless you and keep you. May the Lord place His healing hands upon you to give you comfort and peace.

Copyright 2009 Rev. Patrick Kelly