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)