The World Watches Us

"But the older I creep, the more I feel like I’m able to treat the bigger problems like the everyday emergencies. Because the world watches us. They see what they do with our pain, circle around us even, watching to see if we crumble.

Anyone can handle a split lip or a broken tooth with grace, but what about the bigger things?  Can everyone stand up under a disintegrating marriage? A death? A drawn out illness?

The fact is, Christ-followers have more at their disposal to handle pain and suffering than anyone else on earth. One might even argue that we were designed for it.

The way we face head-on, stand with feet dug-in, set our shoulders to gracefully handle the weight of suffering or pain is a louder and more effective message than anything we can ever say."

- An excerpt from Fainting at the Sight of Blood by Sarah Markley on her blog The Best Days of My Life