Pangs of living

We are no strangers to anguish, are we?  Sure, there are people who know tragedy, heartache, deprivation,  any manner of hardship more so than I have, or do. I can sit here and think of the tragedies taking place throughout the world I live in and know I have it very, very good. Yet, in my own sphere of existence I know the hardships of life. I know mental anguish, emotional trauma, and some physical pain- though by the grace of God, not much of that.  In fact I've been blessed in many ways. 

We read in the Bible about men and women of God who have it really great, and yet they suffer in their own ways as well. They know the hardships of living, of being a human being.

David was given riches, royalty, friendship, love and still he felt the pangs of living.

We all have them, these pangs of living.

Rom 7:24  O wretched man that I am! who shall deliver me from the body of this death?

Paul had them.

You just don't say words like those unless you are experiencing the pangs of living.

Have you ever felt the depths of self-loathing like Paul? Have you ever considered yourself a wretched person?

Psa 38:8  I am feeble and sore broken: I have roared by reason of the disquietness of my heart.

Psa 119:143  Trouble and anguish have taken hold on me

Men of God felt this way!  Men of God felt wretched, feeble, broken, disquietness in their hearts, troubled, filled with anguish.  Men favored by God were dealing with the pangs of living. 

More tomorrow by the grace of God.  More on the pangs of living and how we and the men of God in the Bible deal with such pangs.  The pangs will NOT cease, not ever, but how we live with the pangs can make our lives bearable.

All by the grace and mercy of our LORD and SAVIOR, Jesus Christ!