Taking Care of Soul Pain "Pain insists upon being attended to. God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks in our consciences, but shouts in our pains..." C.S. Lewis How do you want people to see you? I perused the answers to the multiple choice question on a spiritual gifts survey. How did I want others to see me , I wondered? One answer caught my attention. Surprised, but certain of my choice, I marked the box, Strong. I knew it was right, for as far back as I can remember, I have always wanted others to see me as strong. Last summer, God decided it was time to expose a chink in my "strong" exterior armor. Through a chain of events, God revealed that in my attempt to appear strong I had managed to suppress much of the pain in my life. Not physical pain, (though it may have manifest itself that way), but pain which touches the heart and seeps down into the soul. God forced me to see that over my lifetime, I had mastered the ability to bury, deep do...