Your pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses your understanding

Kahlil Gibran

"How blessed is the man who finds wisdom and the man who gains understanding" Proverbs 3:13 NASB

"Happy (blessed, fortunate, enviable) is the man who finds skillful and godly Wisdom, and the man who gets understanding [drawing it forth from God's Word and life's experiences]" Amplified Bible

Understanding is not always the illuminating experience we've come to believe it's supposed to be... there are times when it is painful and sad when it is presented in a way we've never experienced.  I thank God for the good-feeling understanding AND the painful ones... it is His way of letting us live and learn in this earthly life, to prepare us for our eternal life and rewards.  Let us journey on... P.H.