The God of All Comfort
Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 8:10AM
MAD21 in Comfort, Devotions, Devotions, Faith

By MAD21

There are so many people I know that are in the midst of healing in one form or another. Whether it's from a death of a loved one, a life-threatening diagnosis, abuse, depression, neglect... it's all around us. Have you noticed?

Even if you are living the life of your dreams, you will still have days that come crashing down around you. You know the kind. When you heart just literally aches. Someone hurts your feelings, you have a bad day at work, something you were looking forward to gets cancelled. Couple all of this with the compassion you may feel for your friends or family going through some serious hardship. It makes for a very emotionally draining time.

My friend Sarah let me re-post one of her older articles called: "Love Songs" this week. In it she talks of a day when she stopped after coming home from work to look at the beauty around her and heard the voice of God singing to her heart. I think all of us need to do that more often... Stop. I know I don't do it often enough.

He is singing to all of us, you know. All we need to do is stop what we are doing, and... listen. He is waiting for us to allow him to comfort us. Go. Run to him. He is waiting just as a parent waits for their child, to pour his love out all over you.

"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 have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows." (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)

"Blessed are those who mourn, for they will be comforted." (Matthew 5:4)

Update on Thursday, January 14, 2010 at 9:14AM by Registered CommenterMAD21

On my way to drop my daughter off at school this morning, this song came on the radio. It's called, "Praise You in this Storm" sung by Casting Crowns. I know I already included a video with this post, but I encourage you to also listen to this song as it is just as powerful. Praise be to God! He will find us all in the storm.

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