How does God work through pain? How does He use it? I didn’t understand it back then, and to be honest, I’m still not sure I understand now. But I’ve come to see that none of my own efforts to ease the pain, pressure and tension worked. It was my full surrender to the process with Him that brought peace. Pain is never God’s endgame. He allowed it to bring me to the end of myself. Brian Simmons says, “The heart that remains innocent will progressively see more and more of God.” That’s exactly what God had done—He’d restored my heart so I could see more of Him.
