In times of suffering, God's people are called to provide comfort and support to one another. The apostle Paul writes in 2 Corinthians about the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who consoles the afflicted so they can offer consolation to others. As Galatians 6:2 instructs, believers are to bear one another's burdens, and Psalms 34:18 reminds us that God is near to the brokenhearted. By trusting in God's sovereign care, as expressed in 1 Peter 4:19, believers can offer hope and strength to those who hurt, just as Isaiah 40:29-31 promises that God will give strength to the weary.
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Blessed be 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. For just as the sufferings of Christ overflow to us, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.
Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ.
So then, those who suffer according to God’s will should entrust their souls to their faithful Creator and continue to do good.
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak. Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall. But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
And we know that God works all things together for the good of those who love Him, who are called according to His purpose.
For I know the plans I have for you, declares the LORD, plans to prosper you and not to harm you, to give you a future and a hope.
He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. Like one from whom men hide their faces, He was despised, and we esteemed Him not.
For if you forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive you. But if you do not forgive men their trespasses, neither will your Father forgive yours.
Bear with one another and forgive any complaint you may have against someone else. Forgive as the Lord forgave you.
We who are strong ought to bear with the shortcomings of the weak and not to please ourselves.
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Blessed be 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.