Pausing in Your Pain: Trusting God When You Don’t Understand

There are moments in life when the weight of pain feels overwhelming when emotions rise, the hurt is loud, and our flesh wants to take over. In those moments, it’s tempting to react from our feelings rather than from faith. But sometimes the holiest thing we can do is “pause in our pain”. Not rush. Not run. Not numb it. PAUSE. In that pause, we make room to remember that God is present, even when the situation makes no sense. Jesus Himself reminds us in John 10:10 that while the enemy comes to steal, kill, and destroy, He came so that we may have life, and life more abundantly. That abundant life isn’t the absence of pain, it’s the presence of God in it

When emotions cloud our view, it’s easy to wonder where God is or why something is happening. But our feelings are not the foundation of our faith. His Word is. And His Word declares in Romans 8:28 that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him and are called according to His purpose. All things. Even the confusing things. Even the painful things. Even the seasons that seem to break us. God doesn’t waste what wounds us. He weaves it.

The more we lean into His presence through prayer, worship, and reading His Word daily the more our hearts realign with His truth. Peace begins to quiet the chaos. Joy starts to rise again. We remember that God is love, and His love holds us steady even when life feels unsteady. Pausing in your pain isn’t weakness; it’s surrender. It’s choosing to trust that God is at work behind the scenes, shaping something good, even while you’re still in the middle of the struggle.

So if you’re hurting today, take a breath. Pause. Bring your pain to Him. God is not afraid of your feelings, but He also doesn’t want you to stay stuck in them. Let Him lead you from heaviness into hope. The abundant life Jesus promised begins when we trust Him even when we don’t understand.