God's answer is some form of peace. All pain is healed; all misery replaced with joy. All prison doors are opened. And all sin is understood as merely a mistake.
For some reason that I can't explain, my thoughts have turned to a person who passed away a few months ago - in October. He died just a short time before his birthday, also in October. I didn't know this person well and, in fact, he had every reason not to like me much. I met him in another place and he was the focus of an investigation I was responsible for conducting. We never really became friends, but we seemed to like to each other. I moved away, then he moved away, and then we connected on facebook. On his birthday, I received a facebook reminder to send him a birthday wish. I opened his page to do that and learned that he had just recently passed away. He died while commuting to work on his motorcycle in a city famous for wet roads that are heavy with traffic. I remember staring at his page and my heart breaking for his family. I have prayed for them every day since.
This situation reminds me that our lives really can change in a mere moment. I hope that they (his family) turn to God and their pain and misery is turned to joy - that their pain is healed.
I feel so very blessed by this life. I am blessed that my pain and misery has been healed and turned to joy.
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