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Walking in the King’s Highway

“For the LORD will comfort Zion, He will comfort all her waste places; He will make her wilderness like Eden, and her desert like the garden of the LORD; Joy and gladness will be found in it, thanksgiving and the voice of melody.” (Isa 51:3)

This passage does not just show God as a gardener of our lives, but also as our comforter. Our lives are spiritual gardens and God is the gardener. He changes us and comforts us so that the dry and barren soil of hearts grows into something beautiful.

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Our Rock

There are days when it’s nice to know that there’s someone or something we can always count on. That if every single possible thing were to go wrong that day, what we rely on will still be there at the end of the day. This is our comfort, our rock. For some, it may be a person – a parent, a friend, or a spouse. For others, one’s stellar career, hard-earned savings, or own ability.

As long as these things remain constant, we can be completely content. But what happens when our reliance is not as unchanging as we thought? We may find out that the future of our company is not as secure as we thought or that our parents’ health is failing. When that happens, is God – our solid Rock – near us to help us? Continue reading