GOD PROVIDES US THE COMFORT THAT WE NEED

GOD PROVIDES US THE COMFORT THAT WE NEED We live in Very scary times TIMES of natural disaster War between and within countries And violence All over Our own country And the differences and personal battles Between people It is enough to Make one tremble It is enough To make one WONDER Are the last days Upon us? “While some people Were speaking about How the temple Was adorned with costly stones And votive offerings Jesus said, 'ALL that you see here--------- The days will come When there Will NOT be left A stone upon Another stone That will not be Thrown away'” Luke 21:5-6 Jesus PREDICTS The destruction of the temple It is poetry For the end of age It almost seems That the world IS unraveling around us But GOD PROVIDES-Jesus provides- The COMFORT that we need To get through To the next day “May your unfailing love Be my COMFORT According to your promise To your servant” Psalm 119:76 “COMFORT-comfort my people Says your God” Isaiah 40:1 “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 receive From God” 2 Corinthians 1:3-4 YES-people Have been predicting end times FOREVER But the TRUTH is None of us know Not even Jesus ONLY THE FATHER God PROVIDES US The comfort that we need To get through To the next day But we must PREPARE For our own end times For none of us know WHEN our own end is coming We LIVE with HOPE Because of the COMFORTER The Holy SPIRIT We live in HOPE To serve and comfort Those who are suffering YES-even in these scary times- End times-or not GOD PROVIDES US with the COMFORT THAT WE NEED Robert P. Wallman 11-21-16 Ps INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by Jessica Mesman Griffith