What do you do when your fortunes are reversed? When life
throws us a challenge we find ourselves responding in interesting ways. Some
people sit and have a good cry. Others drown their pain in alcohol and drugs. Still
others search out a listening ear and talk about their troubles. When his
neighbors found themselves homeless, suffering in a strange land, Isaiah gave
this advice:
“Sit in silence, go into darkness” (Isaiah 47:5)
This is actually very good psychological advice. Before we
talk to anyone or find some distraction, we need to listen to ourselves: to our
hearts. It is difficult, yet necessary, in a world filled with noise to be
still. As we sit in the silence, we move into the darkness of our pain and
suffering. It will be in the darkness that we will hear the still small voice
of the Divine. When we have sat with our pain and find our healing; we can go
and comfort those who are pain. – Ron Friesen
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