Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all consolation, who consoles us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to console those who are in any affliction with the consolation with which we ourselves are consoled by God. For just as the sufferings of Christ are abundant for us, so also our consolation is abundant through Christ. (2 Corinthians 1:3-5, NRSV)
Our God is the Father of all mercies and all consolation.
He comforts us in our afflictions, and consoles us so that we may be His hands and feet and presence to this world for those who do not yet know Him.
We know the suffering of Christ by being His body in this world, and so God the Father consoles us so that we may be a consoling presence in the this world.
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