Or maybe it wasn't until you had come through the circumstance and you looked back that you could see He was with you.
Either way, how reassuring it is to know that He is with us.
All praise to the God and Father of our Master, Jesus the Messiah! Father of all mercy! God of all healing counsel! He comes alongside us when we go through hard times, and before you know it, he brings us alongside someone else who is going through hard times so that we can be there for that person just as God was there for us. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 The Message
Have you noticed that when we are through to the other side of our circumstance, if we are open to letting God work through us, it doesn't take long to find yourself comforting and encouraging someone else in a similar circumstance?
The Amplified Bible puts it this way ....
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of sympathy (pity and mercy) and the God [Who is the Source] of every comfort (consolation and encouragement), Who comforts (consoles and encourages) us in every trouble (calamity and affliction), so that we may also be able to comfort (console and encourage) those who are in any kind of trouble or distress, with the comfort (consolation and encouragement) with which we ourselves are comforted (consoled and encouraged) by God. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 AMP
If you have found yourself in that situation of consoling and encouraging others in God's strength, then you will know what a blessing it is! A blessing to know that God is using you as His vessel to help others.
So in the challenging times, lets remember that God is alongside us, giving us all we need, so that we can, in the future, come alongside side others, showing His love and grace.
And He said to me, "My grace is sufficient for you, for My strength is made perfect in weakness." Therefore most gladly I will boast in my infirmities, that the power of Christ may rest upon me. 2 Corinthians 12:9 NKJV
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