Comfort for the Afflicted

In your losses,

Big and small,

I bless your soul

To feel the compassion

Of the “Father of Mercies”—

The “God of all comfort.” (2 Cor. 1:3)

I wish I could bless you with

A promise of

No affliction,

No pain,

No loss,

No grief.

But God offers no pledge of pain-free living;

He offers something better—

His comfort.

He “comforts us in all our affliction,

So that we may be able,

To comfort those who are in any affliction

With the same comfort with which we ourselves

Are comforted by God.” (2 Cor. 1:4-5)

His comfort is greater than your sorrow.

His grace is greater than your disappointment.

His presence is greater than your grief.

Be comforted, child of God—

The Lord is near.