“All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. We have plenty of hard times that come from following the Messiah, but no more so than the good times of his healing comfort—we get a full measure of that, too.” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 (The Message)
- I posted ‘The Message’ version also because I liked how it was worded.-
This is another one of my favorite verses. It goes on longer but I just wanted to post this part of it for today. But I encourage you to go read The rest of it because it’s good stuff. Anyway.
“-the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles,” Wow. That’s kind of crazy to think about isn’t it? That no matter what we go through, Gods there to comfort us. There isn’t anything we go through that God doesn’t know about. He knew it was going to happen. And he knows how you’re going to get through it. So let’s talk a little bit about hard times and struggles. I’m pretty positive that every single one of us has gone through hard times. Some tougher than others. I know that it’s not fun to go through stuff. But sometimes we need to go through things to realize something important that might be right in front of our faces but we are looking past it. Going through stuff makes us stronger. I think it’s important for us to remember that when we go through stuff we need to run to God not away from God. We can’t get through anything without him. We need him to be our strength when we don’t have much left. I know how easy it is to have hope and faith that things will get better when they seem awful. Don’t doubt that things won’t ever be better because that’s a lie that the devil wants you to think because he doesn’t want you growing closer to God. When bad things happen focus on the Lord. And just completely trust that he does have everything under control and he is going to make things work out for our good.
“You can’t lead anybody out of what you’re still bound by.” - Jonathan Shuttlesworth. Think about that statement. It really is so true. If you’re struggling with something, and someone else is struggling with a similar problem, you guys can be there for each other but it will be hard for you to help them get out of that situation when you yourself can’t get out of that situation. I hope that makes sense. It’s good to have someone who can relate to your situation and who has gotten through that situation because they can be there to support you and share what they’ve learned with you.
I’m going to leave you guys with a few things today. First of all, the devil can’t keep you from what God is going to do in you. He can try, and oh he will. But you need to stand strong with God. He is your strength and your shield. He will protect you from the enemies attacks. After all, he is stronger. And we need to continuously remind ourselves of that so that we never forget it and that we know full heartedly that it’s true. You’re here, on this earth, to do Gods will for your life. He’s going to make sure that you do that. He isn’t going to put you through anything he knows you can’t handle. Nothings impossible for us, cause he holds our world in his hands.
Secondly. We are breakable but the power within us is from him. Sure, we are going go through things that at times will seem unbearable and we might just want to give up and quit trying and waiting for things to get better. We are going to have break downs in our lives. But the power within us is from him. Think about that. God’s love and his power is inside of us. Living inside of us. Dwelling in our hearts. That incredible to me. Nothing can happen to us because we have him. And that’s just amazing.
I hope this made sense today. Haha. And I also hope and pray that you are all having a very great day today and if you’re not, I hope and pray it gets better. Love you guys.
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