Ten Days of Comfort
When grief and difficult experiences hit us, the feeling of darkness can be overwhelming. We need a guiding light to enable us to take a new direction. Ask people and God for help! Perhaps these Bible words can also guide your steps. Feel free to read one numbered text a day. Take time to reflect.
1. Lament and Cry
How long must I bear pain in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all day long? Consider and answer me, O Lord my God!
(Psalm 13:2–3)Give ear to my prayer, O God; do not hide yourself from my supplication. Attend to me and answer me; I am troubled in my complaint.
(Psalm 55:1–2)
2. You Are Not Alone
The Lord is near to the brokenhearted and saves the crushed in spirit.
(Psalm 34:18)He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
(Psalm 147:3)
3. You Can Start Over
The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases, his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning
(Lamentations 3:22–23)I am about to do a new thing; now it springs forth; do you not perceive it? I will make a way in the wilderness and rivers in the desert.
(Isaiah 43:19)
4. Share Your Thoughts
Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you. When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart …
(Jeremiah 29:12–13)
5. Dare to Hope
They cried to the Lord in their trouble, and he saved them from their distress; he brought them out of darkness and gloom, and broke their bonds apart.
(Psalm 107:13–14)For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm, to give you a future with hope.
(Jeremiah 29:11)
6. Rest
Come to me, all you who are weary and are carrying heavy burdens, and I will give you rest.
(Matthew 11:28)He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters
(Psalm 23:2)
7. Regain Strength
He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil, for you are with me
(Psalm 23:3–4)The Lord will guide you continually and satisfy your needs in parched places and make your bones strong, and you shall be like a watered garden, like a spring of water whose waters never fail.
(Isaiah 58:11)
8. Look Ahead
I waited patiently for the Lord; he inclined to me and heard my cry … and set my feet upon a rock, making my steps secure.
(Psalm 40:1–2)Let your eyes look directly forward and your gaze be straight before you.
(Proverbs 4:25)
9. Don’t Be Afraid
It is the Lord who goes before you. He will be with you; he will not fail you or forsake you. Do not fear or be dismayed.
(Deuteronomy 31:8)For I, the Lord your God, hold your right hand; it is I who say to you, “Do not fear, I will help you.”
(Isaiah 41:13)
10. Stand Proud and Firm
God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
(Psalm 73:26)The Lord will keep your going out and your coming in from this time on and forevermore.
(Psalm 121:8)