Today I did my best to serve God by offering comfort. I truly believe that God holds me tightly when I'm in need of comfort myself. I did my best to allow His comfort to flow through me while dealing with children who were not feeling well, had been hurt, were tired, or simply needed attention.
There are some verses on the wall beside my bed. I put them there when my Mom was very sick, my world was turned upside down, and I was in despair.
12 “I, even I, am he who comforts you.
Who are you that you fear mere mortals,
human beings who are but grass,
13 that you forget the Lord your Maker,
who stretches out the heavens
and who lays the foundations of the earth,
that you live in constant terror every day
because of the wrath of the oppressor,
who is bent on destruction?
For where is the wrath of the oppressor?
14 The cowering prisoners will soon be set free;
they will not die in their dungeon,
nor will they lack bread.
15 For I am the Lord your God,
who stirs up the sea so that its waves roar—
the Lord Almighty is his name.
16 I have put my words in your mouth
and covered you with the shadow of my hand—
I who set the heavens in place,
who laid the foundations of the earth,
and who say to Zion, ‘You are my people.’”
- Isaiah 51: 12-16 (NIV)
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