He Comforts Us So We Can Comfort Others!

“Who comforteth us in all our tribulation, that we may be able to comfort them which are in any trouble, by the comfort wherewith we ourselves are comforted of God.” (2 Cor. 1:3-5 KJV)

When God pours His generous comfort into our lives—especially during seasons when we desperately need it—He gives it in such rich measure that it not only fills our own hearts, but overflows so we can offer that same comfort to others.

A lesson from Mom’s sourdough

When I was a teenager living with my parents in a log cabin in Alaska, we really “roughed it” in many ways. One of the simple treasures of those days was Mom’s homemade sourdough bread.

Her sourdough came from a small batch of starter—a soft lump she kept buried in a bag of flour. That little starter had been passed down to her from another Alaskan who had kept theirs for years.

Every time Mom made bread, she would take a bit of the dough and tuck it back into the flour bag to use next time. Year after year she repeated the same rhythm. And when friends came to visit, she often gave them a small piece of her sourdough starter so they could make their own bread too.

Just like that sourdough starter, the comfort God gives us is meant to be reused, multiplied, and shared. What He places in your heart during hard moments becomes the very thing you can pass on to someone else facing their own trials.

“God comforteth us so we can comfort others with the same comfort…”

And the beautiful part? It will never run out.