In my last blog I shared the words from I Corinthians 16 in which we are challenged to be strong and courageous.
This morning in my devotions I got "stuck" in the familiar opening words of II Corinthians. Rather than challenge they bring us comfort and encouragement to serve others.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." II Corinthians 1:3,4
What a great God and Father we have! Instead of reading the rest of the chapter, I paused on these words and worked to memorize them. I hope to do meditate on them throughout today. We have friends visiting from Ontario. We will take them to the "pottery village" and to the "silk village" before they catch their departing flight tonight. Unfortunately you can no longer watch people in these villages make silk clothing or fashion the pottery. However we will enjoy seeing the end results.
So as we drive around I want to rejoice in the comfort God provides and pray for those to whom I need to be "passing on" His comfort.
May you either rest in God's comfort today or share His comfort with someone you know who is hurting. Or do both!
This morning in my devotions I got "stuck" in the familiar opening words of II Corinthians. Rather than challenge they bring us comfort and encouragement to serve others.
"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God." II Corinthians 1:3,4
What a great God and Father we have! Instead of reading the rest of the chapter, I paused on these words and worked to memorize them. I hope to do meditate on them throughout today. We have friends visiting from Ontario. We will take them to the "pottery village" and to the "silk village" before they catch their departing flight tonight. Unfortunately you can no longer watch people in these villages make silk clothing or fashion the pottery. However we will enjoy seeing the end results.
So as we drive around I want to rejoice in the comfort God provides and pray for those to whom I need to be "passing on" His comfort.
May you either rest in God's comfort today or share His comfort with someone you know who is hurting. Or do both!
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