Read: 2 Corinthians1:3-7

Comfort received should be comfort shared.

我们得安慰，为要安慰人。

We can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God. 2 Corinthians1:4

我们能用上帝所赐的安慰去安慰那遭各样患难的人。-哥林多后书1章4节

As I stood in the back of the room at a senior citizens’ center in Palmer, Alaska,listening to my  daughter’s high school choir sing “It Is Well with My Soul,” I wondered why she, the choir director, had chosen that song. It had been played at her sister Melissa’s funeral, and Lisa knew it was always tough for me to hear it without having an emotional response.

在阿拉斯加州帕尔默市的老人活动中心，我女儿丽莎的高中合唱团正唱着《我心灵得安宁》。我站在大堂的后面，心中纳闷，丽莎既身为合唱团的指挥，为何要选这首诗歌？因为这首歌曾在她姐姐梅莉莎的丧礼中吟唱，丽莎知道每当我听到这首诗歌，就无法忍住心里的悲伤。

My musings were interrupted when a man sidled up next to me and said, “This is just what I need to hear.” I introduced myself and then asked why he needed this song. “I lost my son Cameron last week in a motorcycle accident,” he said.

这时，一位男士悄悄地走过来跟我说话，打断了我的思绪。他说：「这正是我需要的诗歌。」接着我简短地介绍自己，并问他为何需要这首诗歌。他说：「上星期，我失去我的儿子卡麦隆，他在一场摩托车意外中过世了。」

Wow! I was so focused on myself that I never considered the needs of others, and God was busy using that song exactly where He wanted it to be used. I took my new friend Mac, who worked at the center, aside, and we talked about God’s care in this toughest time in his life.

我顿时发现，我太过专注于自己的悲伤，而从未考虑到他人的需要，但上帝却用这首诗歌来安慰有需要的人。于是，我带着这位刚认识的朋友麦克到一旁聊聊，让他明白在这最痛苦的时刻，上帝如何眷顾他。

All around us are people in need, and sometimes we have to set aside our own feelings and agendas to help them. One way we can do that is to remember how God has comforted us in our trials and troubles “so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God” (2 Cor. 1:4).How easy it is to be engrossed in our own concerns and forget that someone right next to us might need a prayer, a word of comfort, a hug, or gift of mercy in Jesus’ name.

我们身旁有许多需要帮助的人，有时我们必须抛开自己的感受、放下手边的事去帮助他们。当记得上帝在各样试炼和患难中安慰我们，是要「叫我们能用上帝所赐的安慰去安慰那遭各样患难的人」（哥林多后书1章4节）。我们极易沉溺在自己的忧虑里，却忘了身旁的人可能正需要一个祷告、一句安慰、一个拥抱，或是一份以耶稣之名付出的关怀。

Prayer 祷告：

Lord, help me to see where help is needed, and help me to provide that help. Thank You for the comfort You give;help me to share it.

主啊，求祢帮助我，让我看见哪里有需要，就提供适时的帮助。谢谢祢赐下安慰，让我也能安慰人。

Read: 2 Corinthians1:3-7

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 have received from God.For just as the sufferings of Christ flow over into our lives, so also through Christ our comfort overflows.If 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.And our hope for you is firm, because we know that just as you share in our sufferings, so also you share in our comfort.