This guy is walking down the street when he falls in a hole. The walls are so steep he can’t get out.
A doctor passes by and the guy shouts up, “Hey you. Can you help me out?” The doctor writes out a prescription and throws it down in the hole and moves on.
Then a priest walks by and the guy shouts up, “Father, I’m down in this hole, can you help me out?” The priest writes out a prayer, throws it down in the hole and moves on.
Then a friend walks by, “Hey Joe, it’s me can you help me out?” And the friend jumps in the hole. Our guy says, “Are you stupid? Now we’re both down here.”
The friend says, “Yeah, but I’ve been down here before and I know the way out.”
We go through various things in our lives that God allows us to go through, good or bad. Sometimes those things are to discipline us, sharpen us like iron or maybe refine us like precious metal. Other times the things we go through may not even be for our benefit but for the benefit of someone else that has yet to go through it.
The Apostle Paul told the Corinthian church in his second letter to them, that we serve a God of mercy that comforts us in our affliction so that we may comfort others going through that same affliction in a manner similar to how God has comforted us.
Who’s going through something in their lives right now that you have already been through and know the way out? Reach out to them and comfort them through these difficult times.
Have a great rest of your day and God bless.
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