Surprising Comfort

Blogging ... I confess, it's not something that I ever would have imagined I'd be doing. I scoffed at it before I knew the why or how or what of blogging. I discovered blogging because a good friend started one when she found out she and her husband were going to have a baby. I loved reading about how her pregnancy was progressing and now seeing pictures of her baby.

Every night, even when I don't have time to blog myself, I catch up on several bloggers that I read regularly. I don't really know why I am drawn to these people - most I have never met - except that they provide a surprising comfort to me with their words. They are dealing with things that I deal with or have a perspective on life or the Bible that I causes me to re-think, dig deeper or just contemplate over. Others are just plain funny.

Several such posts come to mind:

Stick with me...this is funny and not a personal reflection
The Nearness of God
It's Going to Be a Great Day
The Choices We Make
Seven Deadly Behaviors of Ministry Part 1
Seven Deadly Behaviors of Ministry Part 2
Seven Deadly Behaviors of Ministry Part 3

Yet there is an even better read; one that has the answers to all my problems, questions, heartaches and anguish. The original blog. So, if you're in need of comfort, read one of God's many comforts.

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. 2 Chorinthians 2:1-4

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Jim said…
No matter how difficult, or trying things may get, we have to find rest and peace in the truth of God's Word. At the end of the day we have to be able to say we stayed to true to that. Does anything else matter?
August 28, 2008 at 11:01 AM
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