Some guidance led me to open the chapter absorbing the pain of others in Lorna Byrne’s book on her angelic healing journey tonight and this is what I read.. the moment I finished reading this paragraph tears fell because today an Al Anon friend I spoke to about experiencing my nephew’s pain of abuse said I was being used by God.. to me it sounded a little arrogant but then I read this :
I knew I had taken on some of the families pain and grief. I cant tell which is worse : the pain within the physical body, or the pain within the emotional body. I will always do what God and the angels ask of me: If I can take pain away from another human being, I will do it. This is my life. It is part of the healing gift God has given me – to take on the suffering or pain of others, Some people might call it a curse, not a gift, that by taking on pain I can ease the pain of others. I’m like an intermediary, taking the pain and passing it on to God. At times the pain I feel might be overpowering, I may even think I am dying, but it won’t kill me because God takes the pain from me. I don’t know what God does with the paim, it is a mystery to me.
Extract from : Angels in my Hair : The True Story of a Modern Day Irish Mystic.
Emerging From The Dark Night 