A dear friend sent in this quote:
God doesn't comfort us to make us comfortable.
He comforts us to make us comfort-ABLE.
That is: able to comfort and love others.
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 receive from God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4.
In seminary they told us to comfort the afflicted and afflict the comfortable. Personally I think that most churches spend too much time afflicting the afflicted with guilt and comforting the comfortable.
Somehow the kingdom must propel us out of our comfort and into mission for God.
It's a beautiful day in God's world, be sure to see the good.
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