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No pain, no gain.

Steve Frank
Sep 4, 2018 · 1 min read

I hear you Lord, but I don’t like it.
Trials.
Struggles.
Troubles.
Difficulties.
Lord, can’t I grow without these?
Can’t I simply be comfortable?
Can’t I be comfortable all the hours of all my days?

On the other hand…

Can I know comfort without knowing discomfort?
Can I understand relief if there is nothing to feel relief from?
Can I experience the glory of the mountaintop without climbing the mountain?

Lord, maybe I do understand there is no gain without pain.
Maybe I just want to understand the gain before I go through the pain.
Maybe I don’t want to trust the gain,
ㅤ the goal,
That you have chosen for me.
What is my mountaintop, Lord? To what end do I suffer?
For what, my pain?

For what?

But Lord, I do know you.
Your power, your knowledge, your glory.
So today, I will trust you.
I will trust your plan for my gain.
And I will follow you, even through my pain.


Inspired by CH Spurgeon September 3 evening devotional
Poetic interpretation of Psalm 11:5 — The Lord tests the righteous
Find today’s morning devotional psalm here:
https://medium.com/psalming-spurgeon/september-3-d2298feefd0b

Psalming Spurgeon

Poetic meditations on the morning devotionals of Charles Spurgeon

Steve Frank

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A programmer discovering himself in poetry…a lifetime preparing to write, now finally putting pen to paper. You’ll find me in my poetry.

Psalming Spurgeon

Poetic meditations on the morning devotionals of Charles Spurgeon

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