Comfort From One Who Really Knows
Last night I got a phone call from a friend at our church. She's been a widow for many years. She knows how hard it is for me these days. She invited me to lunch today.
We had a such a nice time together. She served me a delicious meal of potato soup and tuna salad sandwich with a butterpecan ice cream cone for dessert. And while we ate, we talked and compared what's happened to our lives. She gave me great encouragement to know and completely believe that God will bring me through this terrible experience. I know I must never think, "I can't!", a thought which has been creeping into my mind more and more. Instead I must remember, "I can do all things through Christ who gives me strength."
I went into her home with so much pain and heaviness in my heart and mind. I left her home with hope. The heaviness and pain is lifted from me. I'm sure there will be times when it returns but I know that I must focus on God's promise to help me and be with me, giving me strength for each thing I must do and experience.
Thank God for the comfort He gives during hard times and that He prompts those who have received it to offer that comfort to others who now need it. I thank God for my invitation to lunch today.
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