Jesus Has Been Through It All (UPDATED WITH SCRIPTURE)

When you wake up, every morning,

praying

that for just today,

please Lord, can you hold the pain at bay,

it's easy to wonder

how God can possibly

use you

because

your attitude gets in the way,

becomes a stumbling block

to what God wants to do.

You look back at the so called friends

who've lost interest or become fed up with you over these years,

with your grumbling

and constant complaining.

But if only they could walk

just one day in your shoes

then maybe they would lose

their lack of empathy,

sympathy,

trust

that you feel they should have

in abundance.

What has happened to the sisterhood,

to that vision you had

so long ago,

of one woman helping the other

up the ladder

into the clouds,

into heaven?

Why cast away a sister who is in constant pain?

I don't understand,

I don't know God's plan,

why he chose me

to live this life of physical misery.

I want to be used,

to lose this attitude,

to help the hurting,

the lost, the lonely,

to let them know they're not alone.

I've been there,

I know what it's like

to want another life.

And as I recall,

Jesus has been through it all.

I CORINTHIANS 10:13

NO TEMPTATION HAS OVERTAKEN YOU
EXCEPT WHAT IS COMMON TO MANKIND.
AND GOD IS FAITHFUL;
HE WILL NOT LET YOU BE TEMPTED
BEYOND WHAT YOU CAN BEAR.
BUT WHEN YOU ARE TEMPTED,
HE WILL ALSO PROVIDE
A WAY OUT
SO THAT YOU CAN ENDURE IT.