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 of our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those that are in any affliction, with the comfort which we are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort to. If we are afflicted, it is for your comfort and salvation, and if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which you experience when you patiently endure the same sufferings that we suffer. Our hope for you is unshaken, for we know that as you share in our sufferings, you will also share in our comfort.
2 Corinthians 1:1-7
Why me Lord? Why have you not answered my prayers for what I have been going through? Are you even listening to me God? Have you forgotten me? Do you even exist?
Have you ever asked God any of the above questions or others like them?
Some times we wonder why we are going through hard things in life. Why isn't he answering what we have been asking him, may be our question to ask him as we are pleading our case before him.
We know he has his reasons. Heck, we keep hearing that in sermons. But that does little for us, when we are going through those things that threaten to tear us apart.
Maybe there isn't even a God that will give us those answers.
But in the above passage, we find one nugget (although not the only one) that answers that question of "why?" for us.
If we could sail along in life, never having a problem in the world, what good we be to anyone? If Christ had not suffered what he did on earth, what good would he have been to come to earth at all, had he not been willing to do his Father's will:
As Christians we are called to be the "salt and light" to a dark world. (Mathew 5:13-16)
However, how we can be the salt and light in that dark world, if God just answers our prayers right off the bat, without letting us go through the hardships we find ourselves in?
We would be no good to anyone. We would be no good to his service.
But when we go through those things and get victory over them, we can share with others what we went through. And how God worked in those times and have empathy for others and provide hope and comfort that God will work in their lives, as well.
Affliction. Not an easy thing to have to endure when we go through things sometimes. But it is for our own good, and the good of those that God may send our way, to help them through theirs.
Answer to the last Trivia question:
What do you suppose the riddle that Sampson asked his male guests at his wedding meant?
I am sorry, but I have not found the answer to this riddle. At least so far, I haven't. However, I am still trying to find out. Until I do, and if I do, try the trivia question for today?
Today's Trivia Questions:
How many guests at his wedding did Sampson ask to solve his riddle? What prize did he promise to give them, if they answered it correctly? Judges 14:11-12
Hello, Friends. I apologize for not getting back here yesterday. I hope you had a blessed weekend! Until next time......
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