Pass It On — The Comfort You Know

2 Corinthians 1:3–4 says it so beautifully:
“Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

That’s not just encouragement — that’s assignment.

God doesn’t waste comfort. He pours it into us, so we’ll pour it out on someone else.

Isn’t that just like a good daddy?

Like the dad who doesn’t want his daughter stranded on the side of the road, so he teaches her how to change a tire. (Even though he prays she’ll never need to.)

Or the dad who takes his little girl on dinner dates — holding open doors, pulling out chairs, treating her like royalty — not just because she is his princess, but so she’ll know exactly what love should look like when it shows up with a ring.

That’s the same kind of Father God is. Tender. Strong. Full of wisdom, protection, and instruction. And when we’re hurting? He doesn’t just pat us on the head and say, “You’ll be fine.” He enters the pain. He wraps us in compassion. Then, He whispers, “Now go do the same for someone else.”

He comforts us — not to keep it, but to pass it on.

Because people all around us need comfort. They need someone who doesn’t just know what the Bible says but knows what God feels like.

So if you’ve been comforted, don’t tuck that miracle away in a memory box. Use it. Love with it. Cry with it. Help someone else change their flat tire of life.

That’s how we become compassion carriers — walking out our faith, hand-in-hand with the One who taught us how.

God comforts us so we can comfort others. Don’t keep the compassion to yourself — pass it on, love big, and let your story speak hope. 💛