2 Corinthians 1:3-5

I've been reading and re-reading 2 Corinthians the last few weeks and it's been hammering home to me the "why" of why we suffer pain. It's to create a sensitivity to others pain and suffering. Our pain come to the benefit of someone else's gain. Jesus suffered pain and loss on the cross and we can expect the same. It's crazy for us to think otherwise! "Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we were comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too." 2 Corinthians 1:3-5 After all, how can I expect to lead others to places I've never been? Only the God of the universe could so orchestrate things like our suffering to be worked out for good. He knows the plans He has, and they are good!(Jeremiah 29:11) And only the creator and sustain-er of life could work at everything for the good of those who love Him. (Romans 8:28) To the only God who is able to keep us, able to keep us from falling, be all glory and honor, majesty and power, for all ages and forevermore. "Here for you" by Matt Redman helped inspire this blog