Comments on: THE STUFF THAT HURTS IS THE STUFF THAT STICKS

By: Phillip Gibb

Phillip Gibb — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:59:27 +0000

stick they do; scars and all. Fortunately when God teaches a painful lesson it mould you and does not scar you. .-= Phillip Gibb´s last blog ..What’s so Hot about Nuke? =-.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:35:12 +0000

I feel this one, bro. Pain is the teacher who corrects us when we outrun our protection, ay? .-= Sarah´s last blog ..Mindcontrolled Momma: The Emperor Strikes Again =-.

By: Rachel Handley

Rachel Handley — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 00:50:42 +0000

I think that God uses that pain to draw us closer to Him. In my most painful times I have found that that is when I draw closer to God. We all also ought to remember that it is temporary because we live in a temporal world. Easier said than done I know. I’m also remembering a sermon that Marty Dunbar gave one Sunday in which he said that we can’t walk with someone through their pain unless we ourselves have been through pain.

By: Mary Crawford

Mary Crawford — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 19:56:14 +0000

The best lessons learned hurt the most. It’s so true. Like a little kid who puts their hand on a hot stove. Won’t do that again. Why? It hurt.

By: Mike Foster

Mike Foster — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:48:01 +0000

@jonathan awesome!

@jim thats a great thot jim. i always say scars are a sign that we survived something. so show them off!

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 19:42:50 +0000

I kind of think of that this way. I can pretty much tell you how I got each one of the scars I have on my body. Why? Where there is a scar there. And why is that importatnt? Because if there is a scar there was/is pain and hurt and we remember when we have had pain and hurt.

I have been through some painful things in life and they are seared into my brain but the happy times – seared is not a word I would use.

Thanks for the thought and reminder!
.-= Jim´s last blog ..Type of Doubt – part 1 =-.

By: Jonathan Griffiths

Jonathan Griffiths — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:38:14 +0000

I needed to read this today. Timely and true – thanks Mike!

By: Mike Foster

Mike Foster — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:30:24 +0000

@shellie certainly lots of different ways to learn.

@erin humility is certainly key isnt it?

@marcus i think telling stories out of pain is a great strategy for life and leadrship.

@steve h. i wish i could learn from others mistakes…unfortunately too often i make them myself..and then it sticks

@steve cuss i havent read it but I LOVE THAT. im totally buying that one. here i come Amazon.com

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uberVU - social comments — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:27:10 +0000

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By: Steve Cuss

Steve Cuss — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:07:58 +0000

Thanks for the reminder, Mike – I wish it wasn’t true, but it is so true. Ever read “Pain, the Gift Nobody Wants” by Phil Yancey and Paul Brand? Paul Brand was a famous leprosy surgeon and wrote about what a lack of pain response does to the body and how leprosy patients crave pain because it protects. Yancey and Brand discuss the western world’s pain aversion and how it is killing us. Quite the profound book
.-= Steve Cuss´s last blog ..Honest Questions for Honest Atheists =-.