Who needs comfort? Everyone! Is there any comfort? In the last year it looks like the whole world has gone into a tailspin. People are weeping and grieving over their lives and their loved ones. Who will comfort them? Who can help them? Who can they trust? Comfort My People!

As I was praying this morning I heard these words, “Comfort My People!” The Lord Jesus Christ wants you to know that He loves and cares for you. You are not alone. It doesn’t matter what others think of you, what matters is what you think of yourself and what He thinks of you. Wherever you hurt, He knows. Whatever you fear, He is there. He waits for you to call on Him and ask Him for His help. His angels are always around you to help you as you walk. BUT, it is you who must ask Him to help. Let Him wrap His arms around you and give you His peace and comfort. Will you do it?

I would like you to just tell Him everything that is wrong, how you feel about things, if you are mad, if you hate, how someone else wronged you. Whatever it is tell Him. He already knows what is in your heart anyways, but you need to get it out so it can be removed from you. Let go of the pain. Shout if you must. Cry if you must, but let it go and then let Him comfort and heal you.

Some people live their lives shut up in a dark room all by themselves. They don’t let anyone in and especially not into those sacred areas where they have been hurt, those places where the pain is unbearable. Their lives consist of a multitude of triggers that get pushed when someone says a certain word or looks at them in a certain way. How much the Lord grieves and wants to help. Others also want to help, but this person is locked in a room and they are the only one who has the key to let themselves out.

How can this person ever win? They need to feel His presence. They need to feel His love. They need to know that He cares. And then they need to trust and let Him. The pain is so deep, but His healing goes deeper still. The hate and anger is so intense, but His love is more than able to overcome. The fears are so intimidating and real, how much more the power of His presence. Pain and misery live in the darkness, but  the Light of His love can bring the truth and make this room shine brighter than the sunniest day.

My friend, I don’t know how to reach you. I can tell you that I have been there. It isn’t easy to trust again. It isn’t easy to talk about it again so that healing can come, but the truth is you are dwelling on it all the time anyway by trying to keep others out. What will it hurt to trust one more time?

The Lord has a purpose and a plan for your life and it is good. He is not the one who hurt you. Bad things happen because people make bad choices and they hurt others, some on purpose and some by mistake. What matters most is how we choose to either react or respond. Reacting always brings more pain and suffering and it amplifies the situation. It can even hurt the ones you love that were totally innocent of the situation. In the end the victim can become the perpetrator. Responding with love and forgiveness cuts off the attack. It acknowledges that there was a wrong done. It acknowledges that perhaps a law was broken and there needs to be justice. It acknowledges that others might have also been affected and they need help too. It acknowledges that loved ones might have a need to be able to help. Don’t push them away. Let the healing come and get strengthened again. Then help others who are going through the same things. Walk away from selfishness and become a giver of life. Take a bad thing and make it into something beautiful.

If you have a piece of land that is filled with thorn bushes, briers and the like, take it and turn it into a wonderful garden of flowers and trees where the wind can blow and sweet fragrances can touch everyone who walks by you. Let your garden be a garden of love, not a garden of pain. If we can look out at others and see how we can help them, we soon forget about our troubles and our lives become more meaningful. The blessings also start to flow. Start smiling at others. Acknowledge them in a way that makes them feel special. Open a door for them or sometimes simply listen to what they need to say. It may be something you need to hear.

If you have been touched by this post, feel free to leave a comment or send an email through the contact page. If you need prayer, please write. If you have something you would like to share, please write. People need to know that the Lord loves them and that He is with them. They also need to know that He is there to comfort them. Have a great and wonderful day!

Joseph James