Saturday, August 30 Comfort others . . . with the comfort that we receive from God.​—2 Cor. 1:4.

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Saturday, August 30

Comfort others . . . with the comfort that we receive from God.—2 Cor. 1:4.

 

Jehovah brings refreshment and comfort to those who are distressed. How can we imitate Jehovah in feeling compassion and in providing comfort to others? One way we can do so is by cultivating qualities in our heart that are related to giving comfort. What are some of these qualities? What will help us to maintain the love that we need in order to “keep comforting one another” from day to day? (1 Thess. 4:18) We need to cultivate such tender qualities as fellow feeling, brotherly affection, and kindness. (Col. 3:12; 1 Pet. 3:8) How will these qualities help us? When feelings of compassion and related qualities become part of our personality, we cannot help but give comfort to those in distress. As Jesus stated, “out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaks. The good man out of his good treasure sends out good things.” (Matt. 12:34, 35) Giving comfort to our brothers and sisters in need is truly an important way in which we express our love to them. w23.11 10 ¶10-11

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Jehovah’s comfort is like a spring that first fills us, then flows outward to soothe others. When his mercy settles deep within, it cannot help but move our lips to speak gently and our hands to bring relief, carrying his tenderness farther than we will ever see (2 Corinthians 1:3, 4).