Does God Care About My Pain?

Sometimes our pain is physical and sometimes it is emotional. Our chaplains minister at truck stops, trucking companies, and in companies related to the trucking industry. On a day-to-day basis, they deal with issues of addiction, pornography, depression, suicide, broken marriages and human trafficking. You cannot even begin to know what goes on behind the scenes in this industry. Effecting both Christian and non-Christian alike.

The comfort in all of this is that we are able to share that God cares about what you are going through, and although physically alone either at home or on the road, you are never out of Gods sight. 

The Bible tells us “In the same way, the Spirit helps us in our weakness. We do not know what we ought to pray for, but the Spirit Himself intercedes for us through wordless groans. And He who searches our hearts knows the mind of the Spirit, because the Spirit intercedes for God’s people in accordance with the will of God.” (Romans 8:26-27)

The Lord knows us. He knows us better than anyone ever has or ever will know us. He knows and understands our infirmities, the daily afflictions and addictions that trip us up and restrict us. There is comfort in knowing that no matter what we are going through, the Lord understands and is with us as we suffer.

Do you feel that sometimes no one can comprehend the degree of pain, frustration, or depression that you are experiencing? Do you feel that family and friends are almost in an alternate reality without the means to fathom your struggles?

Sometimes it is easier to try to hide what is going on in our lives than to spend time and energy expressing our pain and suffering to others who we feel may not be able to comprehend the depth of our struggles. In doing so we can end up isolating ourselves and missing the comfort and help others could offer to us because we are so weary of trying to explain our situation, or maybe just too embarrassed, or we keep coming across those who either can’t comprehend or really have no desire to try. Yet we can also miss true comfort and kindness from those who genuinely care and wish to help.

I’ve heard the saying, “Every man dies alone.” I have often thought that those who suffer mostly do so alone as well. When it comes to suffering too often it seems such things are destined to be endured in silence and loneliness. I suspect that suffering people are among the loneliest and most depressed people on earth, not because they want to be, but because so few people can, or are willing, to try to step into their shoes and reach them within their pain and misery. Though one may die alone in an ultimate sense, we do not have to believe or accept that we must suffer alone. God will provide a way for us. Whatever is causing your pain, whether physically or emotionally, God can see you through it. There is no pain, no addiction, no sense of hopelessness that God cannot help you overcome if you are willing to turn your life over to Him and accept Jesus Christ as your Savior.

Even when friends and family fail us, even when it seems we are isolated in our own difficult world of suffering and pain, comfort yourself with the knowledge that you are never truly alone. There is a God who cares, and He is with us in our suffering and pain[RF1]. I Peter 5:7 says, “Casting all your care upon him; for He careth for you.”

When you are tempted to give up trying to communicate your pain, and tired of the pat answers in response to your pain, keep in mind that God is with you in your affliction, and He understands what you’re suffering better than anyone else ever can or will. You’re suffering matters to Him. You matter to Him!