Pain

I remember one day sitting with a precious older woman in Memphis right before I got married. This amazing, godly woman said to me, "Laura, the older I get, the more I cry, the more easily the tears come." I have carried Mrs. Montague's words with me and find how very true they are. I have watched pain in friends, family, and strangers. It seems the older I get the more pain I see and experience. In these places is where I cry out most for my God to come. It is in those secret places that I learn that in pain hope arises and maturity blooms. This song never fails to bring me to my knees and sob. My soul delights to be with Him. He knows our pain.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HFdXbC_mQjE