A true believer in Jesus Christ seeks to occupy this position as did the Apostle Paul, to say, I can be content in the Lord. Furthermore, if you say God is on the throne, you can find comfort in your deepest sorrows. Second Corinthians 1.3, Blessed be God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and the God of all comfort. Don't you love that expression? The way the Lord identifies himself in several different ways akin to this category, but to say he is the God of all comfort. You need comfort? Where are you going to get it? Real comfort. Lasting comfort comes from God, who is the giver of it, the source of it, who comforted us in all our tribulations, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God. So many times people mean well, but they use a lot of trite phrases. They try to say some things that sound good, but they miss the whole point. They do not recognize God's hand in our troubles, in our sorrows. God is sovereign. We're not going to find real comfort unless we've turned to our Heavenly Father who is the source of that comfort. Certainly with the sicknesses, the deaths that have touched so many homes across the country during this time of the COVID virus, We know that comfort is greatly needed in the loss of loved ones. When my wife was in the hospital suffering because of the COVID, she reached the point that it looked like she was very near death. She already had a preexisting lung condition, and then she got pneumonia. and then had trouble with her heart, and it didn't look good at all. And I learned anew the anguish that one will feel in a time of loss when a dear loved one is taken away. Thankfully, God was gracious, heard our prayer, restored her, and brought her home, for which we're very thankful. But what happens when death does occur? Paul said in 1 Thessalonians 4.13, but I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. He's not suggesting that you're going to be brave and strong and never shed a tear. You may shed many tears. You may grieve and moan and groan, but you're not sorrowing as those that have no hope. You have a bright hope. Verse 18 says, wherefore comfort one another with these words. Well, what are these words? These words concern the fact that Jesus Christ is coming back and the dead in Christ shall rise first. Oh, what a comfort to know that one has been taken from us. And we know we're not gonna have their company anymore in this life. And our heart aches and we grieve, but it's not a dismal outlook. It's a bright hope. As we rest, as the apostle said, in hope of eternal life, which God that cannot lie promised before the world began. It makes us look forward to that day. What a day that will be when Jesus Christ comes back and the saints of God are all with him and they have glorified bodies and there'll be no more sin and there'll be no more sickness, there'll be no more sorrow, there'll be no more death, but eternal praises rendered to our victorious Savior forever. kiss, we can have comfort in our deepest sorrows, and we can have joy as we go along facing the daily difficulties of life.