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17…Lasting Comfort

Good morning! When things aren’t running smoothly in our life, don’t we run to comfort? For lots of us, we turn to people we love when we are in need of comfort. Others, turn to food, like chocolate or ice cream, to comfort them. And yet others find their comfort in a place, like a favorite location.

While these “comfort-givers” can give us temporary comfort, there’s a real problem with turning to any of them. They are all just temporary fixes. People will leave us, food will be consumed, and a place will only be good while you are at that location. Then what??

If we want real and lasting comfort, there’s only one way to get it. Go straight to the God of all comfort. 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 states:

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort; who comforts us in all our affliction so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are ours in abundance, so also our comfort is abundant through Christ.

God is always with us throughout every moment of every day. He sees all, hears all, and knows all. He can provide us with greater comfort than we can even imagine. Turning to God is the only way I’ve found lasting comfort. Only with His divine comfort, can it be said, “It is well, with my soul.” Praying you find lasting comfort in Him, too.