SPIRITUAL COMFORT
Dr. Lehman Strauss, pastor, professor, and writer who died in 1997, wrote in his book God’s Waiting Room, concerning the discovery of God’s comfort in times of trial: The faith of the Christian should grow stronger in times of trial and trouble. Trials have a way of digging up the soil of our hearts and turning up weeds. That is good for us, for it is not in the sunshine but in the storm that we discover the depth of our need. Someone has said, “Great soldiers are not made in the barracks nor on the parade ground, but on the battlefield where the going is tough.” Trials provide opportunities for us to get to know God better. In his epistle to the Colossians, Paul assured the Christians that he was praying for them on a regular basis. Included in the list of things for which he prayed was the request that they might be “increasing in the knowledge of God” (Colossians…
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