A little reminder

When we feel the despair of sorrow, pain, or loss creeping into our souls and stealing our joy, the last thing we sometimes feel like doing is sitting down to study the Bible.

The fraustration and grief feel too real, and reading feels too insufficient as a remedy.

But this is the wonder of God's word; when we're in the midst of affliction, it is only this Book, with it's wonderful promises, standard and exalted view of God, that can give us hope, help and healing.

Why?

This is because God does not avoid the realities of our sufferings, but rather infuses it with purpose and meaning.

Dear reader,
In the midst of your affliction, may God's word quicken your crushed and despairing heart.
May you see in the pages of his epistle to you, that his love is just as true and full, his rule is just as good and powerful, and his wisdom is just as perfect and right, in our times of affliction as it is in our times of prosperity.

May David's comfort, be our comfort.

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