WHY
EVERYTHING HURTS

Topics: Consequences; Discernment; Disease; Pain; Self-examination; Sickness; Spiritual Perception

References: Matthew 7:1–5; Luke 12:57; John 7:24

A man went to his doctor in an acute state of anxiety. “Doctor, you have to help me; I’m dying,” he said. “Everything I touch hurts. I touch my head and it hurts. I touch my leg and it hurts. I touch my stomach and it hurts. I touch my chest and it hurts. You have to help me, Doc; everything hurts.”

The doctor gave him a complete examination. “I have good news and bad news for you,” he said. “The good news is you are not dying. The bad news is you have a broken finger.”

—David Holdaway, Kincardineshire, Scotland