The God of All Comfort

Wow. Life has been tough lately. I'm dealing with a lot of stuff that I can't handle on my own. I'm so happy that God wants me to just give it to him to handle, though. God is so awesome and I love him so much. Aside from me going through a lot of stuff lately, I have seen a lot of other people that I care about a lot that are struggling with things too. I've just realized lately that life can be a lot to handle sometimes. Don't get me wrong, though, life is such an awesome thing and God gave it to us to enjoy. Just, sometimes, he allows us to go through trials, so he can accomplish his purpose. I was reading this passage in the Bible that a friend recommended for me to read, and I just thought it was really cool. So I'm gonna write it out here.

"Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer. And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort...We were under great pressure, far beyond our ability to endure, so that we despaired even of life. Indeed, in our hearts we felt the sentence of death. But this happened that we might not rely on ourselves but on God, who raises the dead. He has delivered us from such a deadly peril, and he will deliver us. On him we have set our hope that he will continue to deliver us." 2 Corinthians 1:3-10

He is the God of comfort and deliverance. How cool.

I've also realized lately that I have some really good friends and family. God has used them so much to help me get through a lot and display his love for me. I've heard that at college you really begin to make your closest, truest friends, because you're not just friends with people anymore because you're in class with them or because you've seen them at school every day since you've been in school. I think that's true. I have some really good, true friends. And I love my family so much. They're awesome too. I hope I can use what I've learned through these hard times to comfort my friends, or anybody, in the future. I think that's one of the coolest things about that Bible passage, how it says that we can comfort others through the comfort we received from God. That's such an awesome thing, I think.

It's so cold outside, and it gets dark soo early. It definitely feels like November. It's this type of environment that makes you think a lot.

Well, that's all I have to say I guess.