PAIN & GAIN!
Soul Snack 9/144 ... The Odyssey
There is an odyssey of heartache that all will embark upon. This begins when their fresh birth-stained cheeks are slapped by a midwife. The entry to this world is with a cry.
Life will be learned, life will be gained and life will be pained. Loss will arrive and residues of past pains remain in the present.
In the captivating autobiography of his own drunken loss, Brennan Manning describes being rescued by a stranger from a condominium floor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida - '"... he affirmed me in my emptiness, loved me in my loneliness and taught me in the wisdom of tenderness." (P105 - The Wisdom of Tenderness.)
As this sin scarred tramp reached out to another sin scarred tramp - grace was the conduit as Jesus' love flowed between two unknown and two uncared for men!
In my pocket of life, my corner of existence - in my own odyssey through life there will be at least one pain I have received that will be gain for another.