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"We are troubled on every side, yet not distressed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; persecuted, but not forsaken; cast down, but not destroyed." 2 Corinthians 4:8-9
Jesus doesn't promise an easy passage, but He does guarantee a safe landing. BE ENCOURAGED and remember God doesn't just comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters. So encourage and comfort someone else this week.
J. John
Brilliant! I realised, as I read that verse, that things are only overwhelming if I let them be. I have a brilliant life, what is there to complain about? More importantly, what's the use in complaining? It doesn't make me feel better, I mean in the long run. It doesn't change what's happened or happening. And it doesn't do anything to fix the problem. Complaining just says: this problem is someone elses fault and someone else needs to clean this up for me. Where the truth is we need to take responsibility for our own messes and then take them to God. He's the guy with the mop.
Jesus doesn't promise an easy passage, but He does guarantee a safe landing. BE ENCOURAGED and remember God doesn't just comfort us to make us comfortable, but to make us comforters. So encourage and comfort someone else this week.
J. John
Brilliant! I realised, as I read that verse, that things are only overwhelming if I let them be. I have a brilliant life, what is there to complain about? More importantly, what's the use in complaining? It doesn't make me feel better, I mean in the long run. It doesn't change what's happened or happening. And it doesn't do anything to fix the problem. Complaining just says: this problem is someone elses fault and someone else needs to clean this up for me. Where the truth is we need to take responsibility for our own messes and then take them to God. He's the guy with the mop.