Pain is an Ocean

Ayelet Gundar-Goshen writes about the way pain prevents the sufferer from imagining a different future.

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By Ryan Wentzel
January 13, 2024

Pain is an ocean with no sign of land. You look around in every direction and find nothing but more pain, as far as the eye can see.

— Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, “The Horror Stories We Tell Ourselves in Order to Live”, The Atlantic, January 9, 2024

Ryan Wentzel

Ryan serves as a pastor at Grace Bible Church. His ministry ranges from preaching, teaching, and writing, to listening, being present, and walking with others through some of life’s most difficult experiences.

He lives with his wife and children in Escondido, California.