Spiritual Fitness & Living With Chronic Pain

Chronic pain is endemic within our Western culture today. Regardless of religious, social, economic or cultural background, chronic pain continues its assault upon hoards of people within our population. Deterioration seems to be the theme, and not just based upon physical and/or emotional afflictions. Our society has noticed a gigantic shift downwards regarding material and economic fortune.

It’s like watching the interaction between pain and material downfall. When our society suffers financially, more people are riddled with all kinds of medical and psychological disorders. And as a result, our nation can expect a sharp rise in health care costs. Likewise, when our society experiences tragedy that causes inordinate pain, our economic climate also bears the direct impact with increased medical expenses. Pain and money seem to prey upon each other within the feeding frenzy of life.

As a nation, we’ve forgotten how to prepare for emergencies. And with many cases today, I don’t think we’re collectively prepared to really help others through the maze of catastrophe. Terms like self-mastery, conditioning and discipline require the character traits of long-suffering and self-control. However, our society has fixed their interests upon the short-term solution, the need-to-know-now fixation and the path of least resistance. Of course, the latter roads focus on self-interests, more power and more money, forsaking things like the truth about the spiritual walk.

In order to recover from windfall, I recommend that we consider the starting point of wholehearted repentance. Spiritual renewal begins with repentance. And repentance ultimately brings a renewed fruitfulness to the land, whether referring to the constructs of painful suffering and/or material resources. Getting our hearts re-directed towards God allows us to begin the most solid foundation of reconstruction for better living.

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When you’ve reached the end because of pain, it becomes much clearer regarding what actually matters as opposed to what’s not really important. And as far as relationships are concerned, pain tends to damage the foundation of what holds people together. Through the years, I’ve clung to a few proverbs about life. And stated simplistically, don’t let the little things turn into big things, and also, don’t let the big things become little things. In other words, avoid letting the insignificant things supersede the important cornerstones of your relationships. This helps to put pain and its adverse effects into healthier perspectives.

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