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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.

—2 Cor 1:3–4

• Most of us have found ourselves struggling to know how to comfort someone in grief. How we wish we could say or do just the right thing that would take away their pain. Some wounds will not fully heal this side of heaven.

• God is compassionate and a Comforter, so much so that he is called “the Father of compassion.” His heart is soft towards those who grieve and toward those who are overwhelmed by life’s troubles. He cares for the brokenhearted.

• Praise God, who “is full of compassion and mercy” (Jas 5:11).