When Answers Aren't Enough

Are you being faced with a new challenge today? Just when we think we have overcome one hurdle in our life, another this thrown at us. Why God? We know that God is with us; He WILL comfort us in our sufferings. And there will be an end to our suffering.

The verse below from 2 Corinthians also sheds some light - that our sufferings may also be used to comfort others who may not know the Lord. By being able to empathize with others, we can share our sufferings, establish a bond to another person, and provide a witness as to what the love of Jesus Christ can do. What the love of Jesus has done in our life.

2 Corinthians 1:4-6 (New International Version)
Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984 by International Bible Society

4who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves have received from God. 5For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows. 6If we are distressed, it is for your comfort and salvation; if we are comforted, it is for your comfort, which produces in you patient endurance of the same sufferings we suffer.

Here is a song that I played during the prelude music today. It was new to me but the words are ones of comfort. May they offer you comfort today, too. And for those that prefer to hear it, here is a YouTube version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykS74UTb1AI

When Answers Aren't Enough by Scott Wesley Brown

You have faced the mountains of desperation
You have climbed, you have fought, you have won
But this valley that lies coldly before you
Casts a shadow you cannot overcome.

And just when you thought you had it all together
You knew every verse to get you through
But this time the sorrow broke more than just your heart
And reciting all those verses just won't do.

Chorus:
When answers aren't enough, there is Jesus
He is more than just an answer to your prayer
And your heart will find a safe and peaceful refuge
When answers aren't enough, He is there.

Instead of asking why did it happen
Think of where it can lead you from here
And as your pain is slowly easing, you can find a greater reason
To live your life triumphant through the tears.