The Lord's Comfort

“My soul, wait silently for God alone, for my expectation is from Him.
He only is my rock and my salvation; 
He is my defense; I shall not be moved.
In God is my salvation and my glory;
The rock of my strength and my refuge, is in God.
Trust in Him at all times, you people;  pour out your heart before Him;
God is a refuge for us." Psalm 62:5-8

"... we were burdened beyond measure, above strength, so that we despaired even of life. Yes, we had the sentence of death in ourselves, that we should not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead, who delivered us from so great a death, and does deliver us; in whom we trust that He will still deliver us, you also helping together in prayer for us, that thanks may be given by many persons....”  2 Corinthians 1:8-11

"Come to Me, all you who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For My yoke is easy and My burden is light.” Matthew 11:28-30 

"Whom have I in heaven but You?
And there is none upon earth that I desire besides You.
My flesh and my heart fail;
But God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever." Psalm 73:25-26

 God's been teaching me a lot lately. One of the main things is that I shouldn't be afraid to come to Him for comfort. I touched on this in my leadership prayer group tonight. God WANTS us to come to Him when we are sad and hurting. I felt I was weak for being sad about my friends deaths. I felt like I needed to be strong for others and that it was stupid for me to be dwelling on their deaths and that I needed to move on. I have moved on and I am not fixated on their deaths in an unhealthy way, but I just still feel really, deeply sad about it. But for some reason I felt like I shouldn't be. But God has been showing me that its REALLY okay to be feeling sad, and that trials and tests come. He wants us to come to Him when we are burdened, it brings Him glory. He has given me a peace, He has given me a deep comfort that only He can give. I know I will see my friends again. I know where I am going when I die and I know its going to be amazing. But God has showed me that its okay to be sad for my friends while I am still here on earth. Its going to be hard to live the rest of my life without their friendship, but I know that when I get to heaven I will get to see them again. But that isn't the best part. The best part is that I will get an EVEN BETTER relationship with my Savior when I get to Heaven. I will actually get to see Him face to face. And I can't wait.