In the Presence of God in the Pain

I will never leave you nor forsake you.

August 18

I woke up with a headache today. It didn’t seem too bad at first, but very quickly I ended up back in bed with a full-blown Migraine. I crawled under the covers and put my head on the pillow. I placed a mask over my eyes and tried to relax. I let my mind sink into nothingness and asked Jesus if He would meet me there. I found myself lying beneath my tree with my head in His lap as He stroked my hair. It was so loving and compassionate. Since my head hurt too bad to think I thought it would be easy to let go of my thoughts and just rest in Him, sadly I was wrong. Eventually, I had to let go of all thoughts, even the one of Jesus being with me. I let my mind go deeper, and asked God to be with me even in this. I had to let go of even my thoughts of Him. I had to let my mind rest so I could recover. The really beautiful part is that I know He never left me. I may not have had some wonderful encounter with my heavenly Father, but I know He was with me. I had a deep peace even in the pain. The pain was deadened somehow. The effects of the migraine were still there, things like sight and hearing. My mind still wouldn’t work properly and my stomach still felt sick. I couldn’t get back up and start my day for a couple of hours, but lying there in the silence wasn’t so bad because I was in the presence of God.

He will never leave me nor forsake me.