normal life + comfort from pain

Today has been a contentment-filled day. My days now are looking much more calm and slow, just the way I like it. Back to normal life. And I am so thankful. I am thankful for my coffee in the morning and those precious moments as I prepare my heart for the day. I am thankful for prayer, that God hears me, and that He answers. I am thankful for friends and thankful that I get to share life with them. I am thankful for pain. I am thankful for the seasons that overflow with tears and feel like they won't end, that they can't end. Because they do. And those seasons create testimonies. Examples of how Father is so very faithful.

Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies and God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our affliction, so that we may be able to comfort those who are in any affliction, with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God. For as we share abundantly in Christ's sufferings, so through Christ we share abundantly in comfort too.  

2 Corinthians 1:3-5

He's the source of all comfort. He gives me comfort in times of pain and hopelessness so that I can give that comfort to others. So I can encourage them. So I can say, "I've been there". So if you're there right now, look up. Look to the testimony. The story that will be yours to share once it's over. The comfort to share. There is even greater comfort in the sharing.