Day 054 of 90 · Emotions
Pain Does Not Have to Harden Me
12–15 minutes
Center · Stillness
Settle in
Put the phone down. Take one slow breath, and say: “God, I am here. Speak, I am listening.”
Read · The passage
Scripture
who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God.
2 Corinthians 1:4, BSB
Learn · Reflection
Reflection
Pain Does Not Have to Harden Me
Talk · Conversation
Talk about it
Where do you notice an old hurt making you harder toward people?
Thank · Gratitude
Give thanks
Today I thank God for the comfort I was given when I went through something very hard.
Ask · Prayer
Pray together
Lord, don't let bitterness harden my heart. Use what I have suffered so that I can comfort someone else.
Begin · Application
Carry it into the day
Find someone today who is going through what you already went through, and say one comforting thing to them.
Scripture quoted from the Berean Standard Bible. Public domain (CC0)