Friends in Need

2 Cor:3-4 “Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.”

Grieving as I have been, I have been thinking about all the bad times we have been through. Even in my morbid state of mind, I couldn’t help noticing the good things that came out of them. The lessons I learned of patience, and trusting in God in every situation.
They’re all in the past now. And as I look back, I can see how I was strengthened as a person, how my values were redefined and how my character grew into maturity. During those trials, my friends were always there too. Speaking words of comfort, loving me, holding my hand, supporting me.
In turn, when my friends went through trials not unlike mine, I could draw alongside them, knowing and understanding their pain and their needs.