last january, i went through some really tough stuff. last january, i really learned about the universality of suffering, and how humans are prone to feeling completely alone in their times of pain-- but that there's a Suffering Servant who knows your pain intimately. if that pain just sits there, it becomes useless. if that pain is used, it can glorify.

levi the poet's words really helped me through last january.

 

"We looked down on him, thought he was scum. But the fact is, it was our pains that he carried- our disfigurements, all the things wrong with us. We thought he brought it on himself, that God was punishing him for his own failures. But it was our sins that did that to him...that ripped and tore and crushed him...Through his bruises we get healed."