An Enduring Contemplation of Pain
by Michael Doyle

The things endured on that Day of Pain
Would drive most of us beyond insane
360 strikes with a nail-ended whip
Would be enough to make anyone lose grip

Next the crucifixion with its degradation
Was a sorrowful way to suffer asphyxiation
In atonement, Jesus took on our mortal sins
It’s almost beyond belief to be suffered and then

Not His but God the Father’s will was done
As God looked on the suffering of His only son
From this, we know that Christ understands pain
There is really nothing left for us to explain

He found, as we find, that friends in their essence
Bring us needed comfort through their presence
Isolation only make our problems so much worse
This should be evident without exploring the verses

Pain is not to be sucked-in but openly expressed
We let it out as burdens shared and not repressed
In this, we love others as we love ourselves
Bringing the comfort that is not found on shelves

It’s the small group comfort found home by home
That are essential to help us know we’re not alone
The depth of pain is only felt by God as understood
Reaching out in our pain in prayer and made good

Even when falling face down on the barren ground
We pray to Abba the Father everywhere he’s found
In the worse days of our worst sense of darkest pain
We call on our heavenly father, simple and plain

No cup of suffering is drunk alone as we’re aching
Up to the point where we feel that we are breaking
Knowing that God can do everything we complain
Has afflicted us, our trusted Father makes it plain

Knowing that God knows what really is the best
The pain we feel will not be more than the test
That God will get us through until our last breath
The doubt and confusion is eased until our death

Nails did not hold Christ to His cross, but God’s love
The laws fulfilled in atonement as in Heaven above
His mission was to pay the debts that we all owe
For the love of admission to Heaven as we know

Second thoughts are ot worth the time to think
Whatever is done with recriminations at the brink
It comes down to the difficulty of trust over fear
This faith is the thing we need to persevere

Life felt hard, hits hard and leave us in doubt
Wondering what it is that it’s all really about
We fall to pieces due to that is really illusion
Is strikes at us deep as we are lost in confusion

In these times, we all tend to lose our way
Giving up faith in the these times of Saturday
We tend to turn our back on the God who persists
Despite questioning why such pain exists

These are the complex times without hesitation
Questioning God’s wisdom about our destination
Our world turns to ashes, but we hold the premise
That we, fallen humanity, can rely on the promise

The anguish is felt to the very core of our soul
Until we learn to let go and give God the control
Let no one, even ourselves, rob us from happiness
Its all part of the plan that leads to our bliss

Hold on the promises that God gives us holds
Claiming His truth as we watch our lives unfold
We lose our way and fall into scattered worry
Being anxious and feeling life is in too much hurry

7000 promises are found in that old black book
Take a chance, open it up and take yourself a look
Though it is that even our God knows true sorrow
If we hold onto His hand we’ll find good tomorrow

Hang on and hold on to the promises through pain
This is the one truth that will not prove itself vain
To all who mourn, there will be beauty from ashes
Despite however many times we feel life’s lashes

There is praise to be found despite our mourning
We pass through the darkness until its morning
Please hold on tight to the promises of light
However dark we feel we must quietly hold tight

The Scream can seem the way that we live
But it’s our Father’s loving promises that forgive
Us into knowing that we will never be forsaken
No matter how deeply our souls might be shaking

God’s home is our home in all that we see and do
God has the power that move beyond me and you
As we set our sights on the death of crucifixion
We must also know that afterwards i resurrection

God’s purposes will bring us through our feelings
However much it is that we seem to be reeling
Never give up and never surrender to darkness
Despite whatever it is that has brought us darkness

God will be with us throughout whatever difficulty
This kind of love is the core of our deep theology
Joy and victory is found in believing in that Sunday
The morning that we knew was coming anyway

The Son rose and shined on His new day
And this promise makes us bold in every way
We come to realize our way to that hour
As we rely on God’s salvation in His power

Believe in Christ and we will live yet again
This is the truth of the power in our friend
We only see what it is that are able to see
Christ is the life that gives us joyful eternity

Confessing with our mouth that Jesus is the way
And believing in our hearts, He was raised that day
You, too, will find your true path of salvation
It’s promised that heaven then is our destination

(c) March 31, 2024 Michael Doyle
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