What it really means to love others who hurt
 

Rejoice with those who rejoice, weep with those who weep.

Romans 12:15
A mother sent her little girl to a neighbor’s house down the street one afternoon to get a toy she had left there. Thinking it would only take her about 10 minutes, the mom became concerned when her daughter hadn’t returned after about 30 minutes.

So the mom stepped outside to look down the street to see if she saw her daughter. Sure enough, the little girl was on her way back. “What took you so long?” the mom asked.

“I’m sorry mom. When I got to the house, my friend had broken her doll and she was crying. So I helped her fix it.”

“Well, what did you do to fix it?” questioned the mom.

The little girl responded, “I cried with her. And now it’s all better.”

That’s exactly what a lot of folks need today… not someone who can be Mr. or Mrs. Fix-it and put the pieces back together. They need someone who will grieve with them first. They need someone who will take time out of his or her schedule to empathize.

Be that person for someone else. Take time to share grief and bear burdens together. That’s what it really means to love one another through pain.

LOVE OTHERS WHO HURT BY SPENDING TIME AND SHARING IN THEIR PAIN

Jack Graham

Good thoughts, don`t try to fix and play God with someone else`s life. Not everyone understands Fibromyalgia, plus all the others things in my life. A loan of an ear, a hug is always good, and just having someone there, can create miracles.

Coming here, reading the posts and sharing, helps me work through my pain. If it doesn`t help, and my body hurts from sitting at the computer, I know I need a time out. As they say, balance in all things. Not something I do well, for most of my life, I have been a doer or do nothing at all, no happy medium.

I always have pain, different pains and different degrees of pain, and from different sources, but the thing I really needed to address was emotional pain that makes itself known spiritually and physically.