02/24/2023
God is the source of ultimate comfort
Life often leaves us disillusioned. ๐
The optimism of youth often gives way to cynicism. People and relationships disappoint us. Our careers, work, and even our families fail to satisfy our deepest needs for fulfillment.
Isaiahโs words to a disheartened people meet us powerfully today: "Comfort, comfort my people, says your God. Speak tenderly to Jerusalem, and proclaim to her that her hard service has been completed, that her sin has been paid for, that she has received from the Lord's hand double for all her sins." (Isaiah 40:1-2).
The disharmony we experience in the world, and within ourselves, offers an invitation to seek God. We come prepared to recognize God as our only source of comfort when we fail to find solid ground elsewhere. ๐