How has God comforted you?

[coffeehubby]

I just wanted to know how He may have helped you through a tough day??

He has helped me in so many ways, it's hard to describe. But generally He helps where I REALLY need it, sometimes in the most unexpected ways.

Was it your grandmothers cooking?

A friends smile?

A phone call from a family member??

A song on the radio?

Something you sensed in prayer?

[AlishaGail]

Hmmm... nothing much specific. Mainly in prayer or all day, a feeling that everything WILL be okay. It only stops being a comfort when I start to worry that means it'll only be okay after I'm dead in heaven. :lol

Lisha

[Gail 55]

Oh yes and today---Sat. my dh found a large lump on his testicle-----needless to say we were scared to death---I am a believer he is noe---I prayed and turned it over to God and his wil -----Thinking cancer----got him in to see doctor today----he said HE DIDNT THINK IT WAS CANCER___PRAISE THE LORD-----dont know what it is yey---goes back next week----God got us through today!!!!

[Gail 55]

Originally posted by Gail 55
Oh yes and today---Sat. my dh found a large lump on his testicle-----needless to say we were scared to death---I am a believer he is noe---I prayed and turned it over to God and his wil -----Thinking cancer----got him in to see doctor today----he said HE DIDNT THINK IT WAS CANCER___PRAISE THE LORD-----dont know what it is yey---goes back next week----God got us through today!!!! PS---we could sure use all your prayers-----Gail

[coffeehubby]

I understand that my friend Lisha.

I don't know why the rotten stuff happens, and it really bothers me when it happens to friends, and I feel powerless to help. So I can (only??) pray, and I hope I do that enough. I hope you find comfort SOON!

One of the ways God has comforted me, at the risk of sounding weird, is when I was missing my own daughter very much, He sent a family in my life that has a daughter my own daughters age. As I have learned how to relate to her, and be sensitive to things, it is quite a blessing. I am learning to understand their son too, although he is more of a challenge. ( I had 2 daughters, no sons.)

I have thanked God for this whole family a lot this past two months. I've been feed by them, hugged and prayed over. I don't remember ever caring about a family so much, other than my own children and wife.

[coffeehubby]

You have my prayers for your husband.

[RJs here]

Gail ~ prayers going up for you all!! :thumb


coffeehubby ~ *YES* the Lord *HAS* comforted me on many days ~ in MANY WAYS!!!!!



some times thru' a note ~ some times a phone call ~


one time -- heh ~ this is almost embarrassing -- but I was going thru' a pretty rough time, and a "Christian catalog" appeared in my mailbox. I started paging thru' it & reading some of the Scriptures ......

next thing I knew -- big TEARS started rolling down my face!!



Let's see.....


this list of HOW He comforts us is almost endless......


thru' church (sometimes)

thru' Christian friends (if/when we're blessed along those lines)

this board

Christian bookstores -- AH!! this one has comforted me MANY times!! ~ just the "atmosphere" and "environment" as well as the contents of the store!!

thru' nature & observing His creation

thru' an encouraging email

thru' BEING STILL And Knowing He is God

thru' His CREATURES {I'm a "dog person"! :D:

thru' the many good gifts He brings into our lives..... food, enough to eat, clean water to drink, a job, money to pay the bills.....


etc. etc. ETC!!!!


List is endless!!

I truly believe though, that we have to *LEARN* to cultivate an attitude of GRATITUDE!!!

~ otherwise, our thoughts will gravitate towards all the "negative" right along with the rest of the world!!

What are we to think on??

Well ~ that one's easy folks!! :D: PHILLIPIANS 4:8


here: you can look it up!! www.biblegateway.com

[architectlink]

1. He kept my daughter from being hit by two cars as she rode her bike backwards down a driveway.

2. He kept me from being sideswiped today when someone turned right into my lane without looking.

3. He has the sky clear as a bell so we can see Mars tonight.

4. He answers my children's prayers so quickly that we can't believe it.

5. He sends a wonderful breeze whenever we pray together outside...

6. He gives me sleep at night in this world!

7. He gave my sister in law scripture after she went off interferon for her hepatitus C...he told her, "this illness is NOT unto death"...

TO GOD BE THE GLORY! THANKYOU FOR YOUR COMFORTS!

Thank you Lord for all of your wonderful comforts.

[Nimrod]

He lifted my agony and physical suffering, after He used it to draw me to Him. Praise Him!

He is restoring lost relationships with parents and family

He has given me 3 beautiful girls to raise.

Peace

[Sana]

One night, I was feeling like I was all alone in the world. I had no one to turn to, not even my family.

Then for some reason I just really wanted to open up this small Charles Stanley book I have here. So I opened it up without even thinking. I looked down at the page and saw this paragraph about loneliness, and the next part was about alienation. The verse on the first page told me there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother, and I knew God was telling me he was always with me as my best friend, and would never leave me.

:D: It made me feel so loved and changed my relationship with God so much, for the better!

[Got Jesus?]

When I am particularly feeling down, I often pray and meditate on Psalm 23:

The LORD is my shepherd.
I shall not want.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures,
He leadeth me beside the still waters.
He restoreth my soul.
He leads me in the path of righteousness
For His name's sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil; For thou art with me.
Thy rod and thy staff, they comfort me.
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies.
Thou annointest my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
ALL THE DAYS of my life.
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
FOREVER!


AMEN!!!!!!

I memorized this scripture when I first read it (KJV in a Gideon New Testament with Psalms & Proverbs over 20 years ago, LOL). When meditating on the psalm, I ALWAYS picture the Lord Jesus walking through a beautiful green meadow with me and literally leading me beside the still waters! He is dressed in a white robe, and it is sooooo peaceful and serene. I believe I'm getting a little glimpse of heaven everytime I meditate on this scripture.

I can definitely attest that GOODNESS and MERCY, HAVE indeed followed me all the days of my life (at least, up til now). Praise the Lord for His WORD and His promises. They are NEW every morning.

I just LOVE HIM! :angel

[Sportster]

I've been going over this in my head for awhile now,concerning how God comforted me in the loss of my mom three years ago. We pray 'comfort' for others who go through the same thing,but just what IS 'comfort'??? What happens? Well....in the case of my mom.....comfort came through friends. It came in prayer to God. I think sometimes He gives us 'jusst' enough to get through the next moment. It came in knowing her end wasn't painful or hard. It came in knowing she was a Christian and I'd see her again. It also came when I walked in to her empty bedroom...in a strange manner. I walked in,and a nail polish bottle was suddenly knocked over! This was just minutes after her body was carted off. Now,I know the sound of something just 'falling over' and something being KNOCKED over...and this was 'definately' a 'knocked over' sound! I recreated it....put it there,and flicked it with my finger...same sound! So I believe it was her before she left to be with Him,letting ME know..'Hey,I'm here,things are ok. Don't be TOO wrapped in grief,cause I'm ok!'. And then,right after this...having packed up some things in our truck and getting ready to leave,I was standing at the back of the truck and I felt her presence...strongly! At the time,I wasn't even thinking about it...I was busy getting things packed in and ready to go....then I felt it. STRONGLY! I can't explain it,but it was almost as if she was seeing us off! How do you explain the spiritual in a normal sense? Sometimes ya can't. THEN...get this! A few short months passed,we were on vacation in Fla-Key West to be exact-and I was in the hotel room,getting ready to sleep-in bed. I was half in,half out...probably similar to how Peter felt when the angel came in to release him from prison,in and out of it. I 'saw'....a spirit 'floating' toward the handrail,outside the room. We were on the 2nd floor. It was in white,but a subdued white...and it somewhat 'floated' into the room. Now,I could see it,but not the face. I saw a kind of 'mist' above its head...white one moment,golden the next and it kind of shimmered back and forth....beautiful! We 'talked' as it were by..I dunno..'sense' or something? Without words,like thoughts. She asked how Lea,my daughter was doing....it was her first birthday,and I believe she was allowed to 'check in' that one time,because of it being her first. She said 'sounds like you've got a nice birthday party prepared for her!' I replied yea. There wasn't much else to it,really. It was weird,yet comforting. She loved my daughter very much. But when the spirit appeared,the drapes were closed....yet I could 'see' through them when the light hit...and it was a bright,yet subdued,light...ya can't explain it unless you've seen it. Comfort comes in sometimes strange ways.....yet sometimes so normal,too....

[Doobie56]

This is how He comforts me...

"He walks with me and He talks with me, and He tells me I am His own."

"He is like the light of morning at sunrise on a cloudless morning, like the brightness after rain that brings the grass from the earth." (2Sam. 23:4)

He sends the Mourning Doves to minister unto my spirit. Consoling my insecurities and doubts and fears. Telling me that all is well and HE is the one in control.

Oh how I Love thee oh Lord, How I cherish your quietness within my heart and spirit, assuring me of things to come. That promise and hope for my future. :):

[Rach]

"I just wanted to know how He may have helped you through a tough day?? "

By sending people to post on a particularly tough issue. Thanks!

[John Tyson]

Grace and peace to you all.

Coffeehubby, your question about how God gets us through a tough day brought this to my mind.

About a year ago, one of my co-workers who was manic depressive was off her medication and committed suicide. The country preacher who preached her funeral preached on “Seven things one man did to get through a bad day.” It was one of the most profound and simple sermons I’ve ever heard. Below is an outline of what the preacher said.

Seven things one man did to get through a bad day.

First, He forgave those that were the cause of his bad day.
- “Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do”

Second, He helped another who was also having a bad day.
- “Verily I say unto thee, today shalt thou be with me in paradise.”

Third, He took care that His family who was suffering because of His bad day.
- “Woman, behold thy son! Then to his friend, “Behold thy mother!”

Fourth, as we all often do when having a very bad day, He questioned His God.
- “My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me?”

Fifth, He looked to His own physical needs to help Him get through this bad day.
- “I thirst.”

Sixth, after doing all He could do to get through this bad day, He was able to triumphantly shout.
- “It is finished!”

Lastly, as He had done throughout His life and especially on this very bad day, He commended His spirit into the hands that never fail.
- “Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit”

What an example of how to get though a tough day!

God bless,
John

[Sojourner]

This is a wonderful thread! It is so uplifting to read how God comforts His sheep in such personal, individual ways. :):

About seven years ago I was really struggling and God was silent. I found that I could not find God, that He was hiding from me. I felt as though my prayers were not connecting with God, He was not there (or so I thought). Someone advised me to ask God to give me a "sign" of His presence. I was concerned that I would be testing God, but they assured me that it was not.

I have always loved Psalm 42, "As the deer panteth for the water, so my soul panteth after you." One morning I asked God to show me that He was still with me, even though I felt He had abandoned me. I asked that He show me a deer that day (because of Psalm 42). We lived in an area where we occasionally saw deer, but not too often. Anyways, as I drove my kids to school that morning, three deer walked up on the right side of the road. I slowed the car down and all three deer crossed in front of me and across to the other side of the road. God made Himself evident to me that morning, He not only brought one deer, but three.

Now, seven years later, I have been going through a really difficult time. Once again I have felt my prayers going unanswered in one area, complete silence from God. God has been dealing with me in the area of worry and fear. God has had to break me in order to force me to turn every area of my life over to Him. In the last week, God answered my prayers in a way I would never have thought possible. There were two days in which God answered my prayers. The first day I woke in the morning and saw a deer run behind our home and up into the woods ... before the prayer was answered. The second day, after the prayer was answered, I saw a deer drinking water from the river in our city (where I have never seen a deer before). Seeing that deer drinking from the water brought back Psalm 42 to my mind.

This time I had not asked God to reveal himself to me, but He remembered!! He allowed me to see those two deer, one before the answered prayer and one after the answered prayer. Then I remembered what I had asked seven years ago when I felt God was not there. God is so good!!

Sorry to ramble on a bit, but I just had to share what God has been doing in my life this past month. :):

[Wileyzmuse]

Sojourner how beautiful! That really spoke to me, as Psalm 42 has always been special to me as well. :angel

[walkbyfaith]

Thank you, Coffeehubby, for this thread! Once again, you have thrown out a thought-provoking idea, and people have run with it in a wonderful way.

There are so many ways that He provides for me. Yesterday, for instance, He saved me from an accident when someone came over into my lane on top of me. And, last night, when I was walking (think Mississippi Coast in August - HOT, HOT, HOT!), I looked up and thanked Him for the ability to walk in the heat (I have asthma) so I can get the extra weight off, and jokingly said, "It would be great if You would do something about the heat." Right at that moment, a wonderful breeze started (out of nowhere), and lasted for about two minutes, just long enough to cool me down and inspire me to go one more mile! What an amazing Father who takes care of our needs! :thumb :thumb

Every day is a witness of His care in my life. If I make it through a day without seeing His mighty hand in it, it is because I just wasn't looking.

YSIC,

Barb G

[coffeehubby]

Your post about the deer reminded me of something. It happened on a Monday after I was missing two children very much. Mondays are the hardest after a particularly good weekend with them, because I go home to be alone.
The boy played for a team called the Cardinals, and the girl's name means Doe, a female deer.

I was walking on the trail praying for them and as I was I saw both a Cardinal, then immedietly saw a doe, which is very unusual for this trail. It felt like God was saying " I'm taking care of them."

Maybe a small thing, but He cares about small things too.

[walkbyfaith]

I wasn't going to post this because I have told this story elsewhere here (can't for the life of me remember where, but it was some time ago), but here goes.

I had my first annual mammogram in December 2000. The doctor called me a week later and told me that it was abnormal and they wanted "enhanced" views. That was enough to frighten me, because a dear friend of mine that was my age went through a 7 year battle with breast cancer she lost about one year before this call. I was going to keep the news to myself, but DH called the prayer chain and activated it. A sweet "on-fire-for-Christ" 80 year young woman from that chain called me to say she was led to give me the verses Psalm 112:7-8. I memorized those verses and they were a great comfort to me over the next two weeks that I waited for the enhanced views.

Well, the big day came, and I didn't take hubby with me (would have had to admit that it could be 'real' then). I spent 3 hours at the hospital while they tried to get the films (the lump was almost off the breast and under the arm, very hard to get to). Finally, they got the views, and were gone for a long time. Came back and said that they wanted an ultrasound. That day. Right then. They did the ultrasound, and after bringing it to the radiologist, no one would make eye contact with me, and I was told I would hear something within 48 hours.

As I shakily walked out of the hospital, I called my husband. There, on the phone in the parking garage, he prayed for me, and comforted me. I got in the car, and put my head down on the steering wheel, praying to know that He was with me at that moment, to feel His presence in my weakness. As I started the car, my radio came on, and the first words I heard were, "And, now, the latest from 4Him, Psalm 112!" I put the car back into park, and wept for the next 10 minutes, as I felt His loving arms wapped around me, comforting me in my fear.

Long story short, the second time I heard that song was when I got in my car to go to the breast surgeon to schedule a biopsy. Everything ultimately turned out okay, the lump was benign, and it was removed surgically. I still have problems with mammograms (density of tissue), but that time, the two months from the abnormal mammo, to the results from the biopsy, was one of the pivotal times of my faith, when I learned to trust Him so much more than I already did.

Thanks again for all you guys have shared. God does reach out and touch each one of us so personally, doesn't He?

YSIC,

Barb G

[humbleone]

It was a few years ago and I was having a very difficult time. I was facing some heavy oppression as I prepared to move out and into an apartment of my own. I was so frustrated and upset, and wondering if I would be able to do all that I had to do.

I was lying in bed and crying softly, and I think out loud, I asked God to comfort me. Right at that moment, my mother's cat, who had been ASLEEP in the next room, ran into my room, jumped up into my bed, and started purring and cuddling with me. This cat never does this with me, only my mother. And she had been sound asleep as I stated because I had earlier passed by her on my way to the bathroom. She nuzzled up right against my face and was so affectionate and loving with me. It was so weird how she did that RIGHT after I prayed like that. God really used her to comfort me. And she wouldnt leave, either. She just stayed right next to me and let me pet and hug her. If u knew how extremely rare it is for her to do that with anyone except my mother, then this story would amaze you even more.

God uses anything, even animals, to comfort His children. Im still touched whenever I recall this story. :):


-humbleone

[spirit]

Wow.

My heart warmed reading all of your stories of how The Lord comforts His children.

For me, He has given me the heart of a worshipper. I love to ADORE the Lord through worship and praise. In my times of worship to the Lord I have found He draws near me and comforts me.

I have also been blessed to have met a few Chrstians He placed in my path.

And of course, the RR board has been such an oasis where the comfort of the Lord is found through His body.

((((((((((((((HUGS TO THE BODY OF CHRIST)))))))))))))))
:angel

[BarbT]

Today I got word that I would not be reinstated to a job I left 2 years ago. The company promised I could return whenever I needed a job, but for some reason they are blowing me off. :cry

Been upset all day over this. I reached out to friends who reminded me that Jesus isn't worried about this so neither should I be. My wonderful friends said "Let's praise Him for the good things He has waiting for you!!" :):

Unfortunately, I continued to feel sorry for myself.

I cried out to the Lord to send me comfort in a powerful way. A few minutes later I received this email from a ministry that I subscribe to. It was sent to several people but I know the Lord made it personal in my case:

God still sits on the throne. Each of you is going through a tough time right now but God is getting ready to bless you in a way that only He can. Keep the faith.

This prayer is powerful, and prayer is one of the best gifts we receive. There is no cost but a lot of rewards. Let's continue to pray for one another. Here is the prayer:

Father, I ask you to bless my friends, relatives and email buddies
reading this right now. Show them a new revelation of your love and
power. Holy Spirit, I ask you to minister to their spirit at this very
moment.

Where there is pain, give them your peace and mercy. Where there is
self-doubt, release a renewed confidence through your grace. Bless their
homes, families, finances, their goings and their comings. In Jesus'
precious name. Amen.

What a powerful, all-knowing, all-loving God we serve!!!!! :thumb