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This month’s Woman to Woman explores the theme of Jesus our source of comfort from the book of 1 Thessalonians.

Photo Credit: Kyaw Tun (By Heather Marshall) I sat down at my desk after a long morning of patient care on the rehabilitation unit of the hospital where I work, when my eye spied the basket of chocolate bars and chips that my colleague keeps stocked for days like this.  I thought to myself, “It’s been a long, hard morning, and I deserve a treat — something to comfort me and make me feel better.” I took a chocolate bar, and it tasted delicious; however, about an hour later, I

It’s the comfort of having someone close who is for you, who helps you, stands up for you, and has your back.  How beautiful that God our Father is the source of this comfort, the Spirit is the Comforter who has drawn near to dwell within us, and the Son bore our grief and carried our sorrows in His own body on the cross.

The Bible writes quite a lot about turning to God, and I often picture it like turning my face to the sun to feel its rays.  As the Holy Spirit works in us and we turn to God, we can experience His joy, but this does not negate the hardship. We don’t do ourselves any favors by denying the difficulties that we are experiencing.