The Idea of an Essay, Volume 4

90 The Idea of an Essay: Volume 4 that a kind, innocent mother has to go through useless pain like this. In the same way, they say it seems like a hardworking man shouldn’t have to go through the pain of losing everything he has worked for, or parents have to go through the searing loss of their child. To many it feels like in these moments God is just throwing around pain for no particular reason. But what we all must realize is that the innocent mother with Central pain syndrome is not really innocent. As much as I hate to say it, she deserves what she is getting. As I mentioned earlier, when mankind rebelled against the Lord, they brought sin and death upon themselves. That mother doesn’t just deserve Central Pain Syndrome, she also deserves hell, just the way I do. No one likes to think of pain this way, but it’s true. The agony parents feel when their child is injured may not be a direct punishment for a particular sin, but it is still necessary because God promised there would be pain if we turned against Him, and the Lord can’t go back on His promises. The pain of this fallen world is also a blessing because it brings us to Jesus. If the world contained no discomfort, everything would seem perfect. No one would get sick, hungry, sad, or frustrated. We would live out our happy lives, and then one-day die peacefully in our sleep. This sounds perfect, but in reality it’s a horror story. Without pain, people would soon forget about God, because people wouldn’t need Him, just the way the rich man in the bible “didn’t need Jesus”. Matthew 19:24 says “And again I say unto you, it is easier for a camel to go through the eye of a needle, than for a rich man to enter into the kingdom of God” (King James Version). Tremper Longman’s biblical commentary The Expositors Bible Commentary talks about how it nearly impossible for a rich man to enter into heaven; he sees no reason to worry about his eternal future because he has no problems in the present (Longman 480). This is how people would feel without pain. They wouldn’t be scared of hell because they wouldn’t know what agony was. Everyone would die thinking all is well, and wake up in eternal torment. This is where pain comes in. When we are broken, lonely, terrified, and sad we realize that we live in a fallen world. We recognize our sin, and hopefully come running to the Lord. As for my friend Nate, that suicide attempt was the best thing that ever happened to him. On his way to the correctional facility, two police officers led him to Christ. Everyone, including myself,