We focus on eternal comfort.

Thessalonians 2:16-17 says:

"May our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,

who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal encouragement and good hope,

encourage your hearts and strengthen you in every good deed and word."

There are times when, like the psalmist,

we may refuse to be comforted when our souls are troubled (Psalms 77:2).

Just as Jacob mourned and wept inconsolably

when he thought his beloved son Joseph was dead,

despite the attempts of his other children to comfort him (Genesis 37:35),

there are moments when we may feel such intense pain

that we reject any form of solace, especially when we have lost a loved one.

It is precisely at such times that God,

the God of all comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3), comforts us.

Our God, who loves us, provides us

with eternal encouragement and good hope through His grace.

God the Father comforts our hearts with eternal encouragement

and sustains us in times of distress (2 Corinthians 1:4),

not only enabling us to endure suffering (v. 6)

but also empowering us to comfort others who are in any kind of trouble (v. 4).

Furthermore, God comforts us with eternal encouragement,

even when we are discouraged (7:6).

Especially, God comforts us

with the hope of the resurrection and the return of Jesus Christ,

so that we do not grieve like those who have no hope

when we are in anguish over our deceased loved ones

(Matthew 5:4; 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18).

God speaks to us in secret to comfort us (Job 15:11).

God's word is a comfort to us in our distress. The Lord's word saves us (Psalms 119:50).

Therefore, we pay attention to God's eternal comfort.

I pray that the God of all comfort may comfort you with eternal consolation.