Medicine for a paining heart...

-
My sister always tells me funny stories about the things her children say. I have told her that we need to write some of these things down and remind them of this one day. So last night, she sends me a bbm and tells me about the latest episode with her son, Kyle (4). He went to the Doctor recently and received medicine, so as she was giving him his medicine last night, she decided that it was not necessary to give him his pain and fever syrup. Concerned, he picked up the bottle and asked ‘And this one Mommy?’ She told him that he need not take that one, to which he quickly responded ‘It’s paining here’ (pointing to his heart). My sister asked him ‘Where is it paining?’ and he replied ‘My heart, now give me the medicine please’.
I could help but smile when she told me about this. Kids truly say the most precious things. So, this morning when I woke up and I still found myself thinking about it, I knew I had to write about it today. As I picked up Aunt Hilda and we drove to work, I told her about it. She and I had a good laugh in the car and then discussed the ‘heart paining’ part. I looked to her and said, ‘Aunt Hilda, Kyle should be careful about what he says, he really does not want to know what a heart that pains feels like’. Again, we laughed about it and then Aunt Hilda said ‘My child, he really does not want to know. Life is weird. At that moment when you experience heart break, it really feels like your heart is paining, and there is no pill that can take that pain away.’ I could relate to this, and I know everyone else can too. We have all had our hearts broken at some point in our lives, and we have all felt like it was broken into a million little pieces. Whether it was the pain of a break up, or losing someone you love to death, it was heart break nonetheless and it felt like our hearts were literally paining.
At the end of the day, loss is loss. We deal with it in different ways. We experience different kinds of loss. But our hearts always feel it the most. Our hearts always pain. Today, my heart is paining too, but I know in time, it will heal. You see, God gives us battles because He knows we are able to fight them. He will never send us to battle without the correct armour on. He sends us only when we are prepared to fight and win. He does not guarantee that we won’t get hurt or come out with a few bruises and scratches, but He knows we will make it. And that is what we have to cling too. We are yet to discover how strong we are, but He already knows, that is why He has so much faith in us.
So today soldier, when your heart is paining, remember, you still have a heart because you made it through the battle. God is going to heal you and give you medicine for that heart, and in time, you will be stronger and braver than before. He knows the plans he has for us. We are yet to discover them.
Do not lose hope. Keep the faith.
Your heart is paining now, but in time, that too shall pass Soldier!!

Take Care

Miss Stone

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

What Susie says about Sally...

-
‘What Susie says about Sally, says a lot more about Susie than it says about Sally.’ I came across this and thought it would be a sin not to post this. I know I have written about this before but I thought I should say something about it again. How quick are we to judge others? It really takes nothing nowadays for someone to say something bad about someone else. It has become almost second nature to open our mouths and to spread a story about someone else. In most cases, it does not even concern us at all. We spend way too much time concerned with the lives of others when we should be focused on making our own lives better. And it is true, what you say about someone else really does say more about you than it does about them. If you make it a habit of spreading stories, lies, rumours, whatever it may be, soon, you will have a reputation. And no one will believe you when you bad mouth others, because they already know that you have a reputation of doing so. The bottom line is t...
Read more

The clouds will fade...

-
I love rainy days. Days like today. I love them. The air seems so much cleaner. I inhale it and I feel alive. I feel alive. Rain has a cleansing effect. It falls down to the Earth and wipes all the dirt away. It penetrates the ground and works its way through every soil granule and blade of grass it can find. It leaves its mark on everything it touches. It cleanses. And then, it makes way for growth. That is what rain does. It touches the Earth and makes flowers grow, it makes grass green, and it nourishes and feeds so that growth can take place. And after the rain has stopped, the dark clouds that once threatened are gone, and it leaves us with a beautiful rainbow and the sun that eventually makes its way through the clouds. After the rain, growth takes place and the sun does eventually shine again. And in our lives, it works basically the same way. The dark clouds arise in the form of our problem and obstacles, chasing the sun away. They chase our joy away. They hover in our s...
Read more

They Chose My Womb

-
I often wondered if it would ever happen for me… I often wondered if having life growing inside    me would be something I would experience too.  You know how those thoughts of doom and gloom enter your mind and try to convince you that it is merely something you will witness and never have the pleasure of experiencing first hand. And as the years rolled by, those thoughts grew and gained strength.  I had often obsessed over it. Pretended not to be bothered, but secretly obsessing over it. Until it consumed me.  When I lost my Father and my best friend, the obsession grew. Almost as though I were trying to replace these two lives I lost with another. But continuously, I was disappointed. And so the thoughts grew. The thoughts became stronger and more prominent.  I didn’t know how to wait on God’s timing anymore, and frankly, I didn’t know if I wanted to. I became selfish and trusted Him less, although I still prayed for some kind of miracle. Which sounds we...
Read more