To Bring Comfort

[Daily Devotional]

To Bring Comfort 

Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort
them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are
comforted. 2 Cor. 1: 4. 

The Lord has special grace for the mourner, and its power is to melt hearts,
to win souls. His love opens a channel into the wounded and bruised soul,
and becomes a healing balsam to those who sorrow. 

Those who have borne the greatest sorrows are frequently the ones who carry
the greatest comfort to others, bringing sunshine wherever they go. Such
ones have been chastened and sweetened by their afflictions; they did not
lose confidence in God when trouble assailed them, but clung closer to His
protecting love. Such ones are living proof of the tender care of God, who
makes the darkness as well as the light and chastens us for our good. Christ
is the light of the world; in Him is no darkness. Precious light! Let us
live in that light! Bid adieu to sadness and repining. Rejoice in the Lord
always. 

It is your privilege to receive grace from Christ that will enable you to
comfort others with the same comfort wherewith you yourselves are comforted
of God. . . . Let each try to help the next one. Thus you may have a little
heaven here below, and angels of God will work through you to make right
impressions. . . . Seek to help wherever you can. Cultivate the best
dispositions that the grace of God may rest richly upon you. 

Young and old may learn to look to God as the One who will heal, as One who
sympathizes, who understands their necessities and who will never make a
mistake. 

Find time to comfort some other heart, to bless with a kind, cheering word
someone who is battling with temptation and maybe with affliction. In thus
blessing another with cheering, hopeful words, pointing him to the Burden
Bearer, you may unexpectedly find peace, happiness, and consolation
yourself. 

A consecrated Christian life is ever shedding light and comfort and peace.
It is characterized by purity, tact, simplicity, and usefulness. It is
controlled by that unselfish love that sanctifies the influence. It is full
of Christ, and leaves a track of light wherever its possessor may go. 

>From God's Amazing Grace - Page 121