Reading: 2 Corinthians 1:3-7

Devotional:

Paul reveals a redemptive purpose in suffering: God comforts us so we can comfort others with the same comfort we've received. Your grief is not wasted. The valley you're walking through is preparing you for a ministry you don't yet see. Someone in your future will need the wisdom, empathy, and hope that only your experience can provide. God is the "Father of mercies and God of all comfort," and He specializes in bringing beauty from ashes. Your pain qualifies you to speak life into someone else's darkness. This doesn't minimize your loss, but it does give it meaning beyond the moment. As you receive God's comfort today, hold it with open hands, knowing that one day you'll pour it into another broken heart. Your restoration will become someone else's hope.