Promises kept

I keep listening to that Natalie Grant song from a few posts back...it's speaking to my soul right now. You do not promise me a life that would all make sense or that it would be easy, you do not promise me answers to my never-ending questions, you do not promise me happiness, you do not promise me freedom from pain...

Aren't I supposed to be seeking to become like Jesus? The "man of sorrows"? Once again, you do not promise that my life will be free of pain and suffering and sorrow.

You have only promised to love me through my pain.
You have only promised to never abandon me in my pain.
You have only promised that when what I know falls apart....

You will hold me.