All throughout our lives we go through things. Things that aren't easy and that usually causes pain in our hearts, like death of someone close to us, divorce, not having any friends, depression, fighting with your family, cancer, loss of Jobs ... When these things happen we look everywhere to find comfort, and a lot of times we look and can't find it any where. God desires to be close to to us. He wants to have close relationship with us and walk through life with us. He longs to comfort our hearts because when we allow God to comfort our hearts, our relationship with Him is brought to a whole new level. He will comfort your heart if you allow Him. Then He will use you to comfort others by showing them the same comfort He has shown you.
2 Corinthians 1:3-11
3 All praise to God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. God is our merciful Father and the source of all comfort. 4 He comforts us in all our troubles so that we can comfort others. When they are troubled, we will be able to give them the same comfort God has given us. 5 For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ. 6 Even when we are weighed down with troubles, it is for your comfort and salvation! For when we ourselves are comforted, we will certainly comfort you. Then you can patiently endure the same things we suffer. 7 We are confident that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in the comfort God gives us.
8 We think you ought to know, dear brothers and sisters,[a] about the trouble we went through in the province of Asia. We were crushed and overwhelmed beyond our ability to endure, and we thought we would never live through it. 9 In fact, we expected to die. But as a result, we stopped relying on ourselves and learned to rely only on God, who raises the dead. 10 And he did rescue us from mortal danger, and he will rescue us again. We have placed our confidence in him, and he will continue to rescue us. 11 And you are helping us by praying for us. Then many people will give thanks because God has graciously answered so many prayers for our safety.
Do you need God to comfort your heart? Is there someone around you that needs you to comfort them because they are going through the same thing you went through?
