The world is filled with disappointments and pain no matter what we do. While we are still on earth, there will be suffering-- the Bible explicitly says this. But for us who believe, we have comfort in those tough times.
Take heart knowing that the Lord is near to the hurting and broken. It doesn't matter if our mistakes caused our own pain or if we suffer undeservingly, His grace covers us and He is with us when we turn to Him. Christ is enough for us to have all we need and more.
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV)
Psalm 34:17-20 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken. (ESV)
Even Jesus suffered pain and torment while on this earth and knows first hand what it feels like. For example, the bible tells us He mourned over Jerusalem because they'd gone astray and He felt the pain of loss when his friend Lazarus died (before Jesus raised him).
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! (ESV)
Luke 19:41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it (NIV)
John 11:35, 38 Jesus wept. Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. (ESV)
No matter what you are going through, turn to the one who is your eternal comforter. Reach out to Him for He is already near. In this world we will have pain, but remember that He has overcome it all. Our true home is waiting for us where sorrow will be no more than a memory.
John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (NIV)
John 17:16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. (HCSB)
Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. (ESV)
Take heart knowing that the Lord is near to the hurting and broken. It doesn't matter if our mistakes caused our own pain or if we suffer undeservingly, His grace covers us and He is with us when we turn to Him. Christ is enough for us to have all we need and more.
2 Corinthians 12:9 But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly of my weaknesses, so that the power of Christ may rest upon me. (ESV)
Psalm 34:17-20 When the righteous cry for help, the Lord hears and delivers them out of all their troubles. The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit. Many are the afflictions of the righteous, but the Lord delivers him out of them all. He keeps all his bones;
not one of them is broken. (ESV)
Even Jesus suffered pain and torment while on this earth and knows first hand what it feels like. For example, the bible tells us He mourned over Jerusalem because they'd gone astray and He felt the pain of loss when his friend Lazarus died (before Jesus raised him).
Matthew 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, the city that kills the prophets and stones those who are sent to it! How often would I have gathered your children together as a hen gathers her brood under her wings, and you were not willing! (ESV)
Luke 19:41 As he approached Jerusalem and saw the city, he wept over it (NIV)
John 11:35, 38 Jesus wept. Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. (ESV)
No matter what you are going through, turn to the one who is your eternal comforter. Reach out to Him for He is already near. In this world we will have pain, but remember that He has overcome it all. Our true home is waiting for us where sorrow will be no more than a memory.
John 16:33 "I have told you these things, so that in me you may have peace. In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." (NIV)
John 17:16 They are not of the world, as I am not of the world. (HCSB)
Revelation 21:4 He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away. (ESV)
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