“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort those who are in any trouble, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us, so our consolation [comfort] also abounds through Christ.” (2 Corinthians 1:3-5)
Dare
we ask God the question “Why?”
Would we
come up short in trying to understand the answer, or even reject it?
“Why, Lord, did I have this accident?”
“Why, Lord, did I have to get pregnant?”
“Why, Lord, did my baby/husband/mother
have to die?”
“Why, Lord, did this happen to ME?”
Or, God forbid, we ask the question
like this…
“Why, Lord, did YOU not save me from this
heartache?”
“Why, Lord, did YOU not prevent this
bankruptcy?”
“Why, Lord, did YOU let this tragedy
happen?”
How
quick we are to sometimes blame God and leave our own will and our own actions
out of the equation. We must look first
to ourselves. Were we seeking God’s will
for our lives, were we in the right place, doing the right thing, at the right
time? The scripture says that sufferings
will abound in us, BUT praise God, so also will Christ’s comfort also
abound.
Suppose,
however, we are blinded to Christ’s comfort or have yet to experience it
totally? Maybe only as we see the
sufferings of others going through those same things we have suffered, can we
realize that Christ’s comfort has touched us.
It’s because of our own sufferings (death, unwanted pregnancy,
heartache, disease, etc), that we are able to extend a heart of compassion and
comfort to others.
When
we can come to that place of comforting others with the same comfort we ourselves have received from God, then we might come closer to answering the
question “Why?” Maybe, just maybe, it is
to help us discover our own ministry in the 
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