Pain by Love

What good does pain do to us? One of the messages that I received during Esplosion 2009 which was most impressed upon my mind is that pain and sufferings are placed in one's life because the One who placed the pain and sufferings loves him/her.
As far as I was touched and comforted I was confused. If there is a God who loves and who listens, why is pain neither removed nor diminished when we pray for it to be?

However I hear some answers and explanation coming out of my own mouth on the way home from the camp.

Somehow someone asked me something about a boy/man's groin, so I explained why should the male genitals be so sensitive. There are a lot of receptors to pain at the testes, the purpose of these receptors is of course, for the man to feel pain. The reason for this is so that the man will take extra care of his genitals. A man has to take extra care of his genitals so that mankind might not extinct. In this case, pain is purposed to protect. See how wonderfully the way our Creator has designed us. In the area that needs much protection, much pain is needed.Vulnerability and sensitivity to pain can even be an indication of degree of importance! Hahaha...

O suffering and pain I resent

the hurts which source both inside and out

torment to soul beside anguish to spirit

I bear tombstones on bitter shoulders

There is cement on my feet

my heart, enforced concrete

Pain and suffering I resent

pain and suffering because of Love?

© Joel Yap