tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251705112993185995.post958584632702246312..comments2023-10-05T05:26:30.472-07:00Comments on In the trenches: A Long, Bad DayKBDidithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00318393187432102482noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-251705112993185995.post-24970045793475513542011-03-10T17:40:20.023-08:002011-03-10T17:40:20.023-08:00"Take this one away, it's too big for me...."Take this one away, it's too big for me."<br /><br />Another uttered these same words:<br /><br />"And [Christ] went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt."<br /><br />I don't know why - no one knows why - things must happen. But even Christ felt the feelings you are feeling and have felt. <br /><br />I have often felt that childbirth brings a mother closest to the Savior because of the intense suffering that she must go through for someone else. <br /><br />I think what you have gone through takes it further. In birth, you know the reason for your suffering is to bring life. In this case, you can't understand the reason for the suffering. <br /><br />But you can know that even _now_ Christ can carry you. He may not take away your pain, but he will strengthen you to carry it. "Take my yoke upon you. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."<br /><br />He will provide, "But if not..." I have often found comfort in this sermon: http://tinyurl.com/4tzb2xc.<br /><br />hugs and lovesTarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18237459080636352424noreply@blogger.com