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Are you in pain? Constant pain that never lets up? I am too. Sigh. I'm a Christian and have a “Thorn in my flesh” that won't go away. Ever. But through the years I've discovered hope. Hope in a friend that sticks closer than a brother. A friend who loves with an infinite, never ending love. Even though I hurt. I've found hope and strength to go on and even, in a limited sense, Enjoy my existence. Pain doesn't have to be your Master! In this book I want to grapple with the problem of suffering from my own emotional and devotional standpoint. To write with, “My Quill dipped in my own blood.” Like my Dad used to say... “Now they’re goring MY Ox!” Now it’s my own nerve endings that are screaming. It’s my own life that lies in ruins. It’s my turn... I’m at bat now… I’m in the arena facing the Lion. I want to describe as emotionally and devotionally as possible how I’m coping in the midst of this furious fire. I know that suffering is common, as common as heartbeats. And so I write, hoping that maybe you, groaning as you labor under your own burden of pain, wont feel so alone, and perhaps, somehow, to impart some of the hope and life that I’ve found and that JESUS in all of His Glory will arise in the ashes of your life. I want to speak hope and life to the Chronic, Lifelong conditions of suffering that are permanent lifestyles for so many people. It is evident to me that these permanent conditions of suffering are relatively common and only those who are in such pain can speak to another poor soul about pain. Any other voice lacks credibility and tends to rely on platitudes and pabulum and doesn’t seem to reach me here in the fire. I know, by the very nature of this approach, that I’ll be revealing extremely personal and intimate details, hopefully from my own soul. I realize that this writing will most likely seem self absorbed and terribly introspective, but this is unavoidable for Pain strikes internally, tearing down the walls of hope and joy and must be confronted internally, especially after all the medical options have been abandoned. This is the condition of chronic suffering. Living in chains when nothing can be done but to simply grit your teeth and exist through each intolerable, uncomfortable, monotonous, horrible moment. Don't give up Dear one! Don't despair. Jesus is not remote and distant from you. When God "See's" you, he doesn't see Jesus only, and you and I hidden behind Jesus like a thief hiding from the cops. He see's ALL. But. One of the main reasons Jesus died (and was raised) was so that he could take up residence in each of us who believe. There he dwells at the center of our beings! Life itself! Like an indestructible coal of fire, Like a fountain that can't be plugged he dwells in us. But he is a Jealous person! He is a patient person, inexorably and slowly he rises, he consumes, he communes with us.And as the years pass he flavors our lives with his own like water becoming coffee. Or grapes being infused with yeast and sugar and alcohol and age until it becomes wine. In a very real way Jesus looks out from our eyes and this truth I try and share in this book. "The mystery of Godliness is great... Which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" I pray that god will use this book I've written out of my own troubles to bring hope to you.