Theology of Redemptive Suffering

One suffers.  But a person shouldn't suffer needlessly.  I could sit here and bitch about pain, but the only one who feels it is me.  Friends and family long learned that helples and hopeless feeling of how inadequate we can be as active healers.   But the one thing those around me do that they do not fully comprehend is just how much and how important it is for me for them just to simply be there and be present.   

 Sometimes, the support given silently is worth every bit of precious gold in the world.