Consolation and Spiritual Suffering

By Anita Mondragon
 
I saw this on Facebook, and was able to relate.  I have been in this place more than once, but when I become still and remember that God is still in control, I am able to wait for His help in my situation.  Just wanted to share this because I know I’m not alone in these feelings.
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great quote from one of Charles Spurgeon’s sermon, Consolation Proportionate to Spiritual Sufferings.  Here is the verse he was preaching from:
 
2 Corinthians 1:5, NLT: “For the more we suffer for Christ, the more God will shower us with his comfort through Christ.”

Delivered on Sabbath Morning, March 11, 1855, by the
REV. C.H. SPURGEON
At Exeter Hall, Strand.

 
 
“There is a man here quite despairing-almost every hope gone. Brother, shall I tell thee what to do? Thou hast fallen off the main deck, thou art in the sea, the floods surround thee; thou seemest to have no hope; thou catchest at straws; what shalt thou do now? Do? why lie upon the sea of trouble, and float upon it; be still, and know that God is God, and thou wilt never perish. All thy kicking and struggling will sink thee deeper; but lie still, for behold the life-boat cometh; Christ is coming to thy help; soon he will deliver thee, and fetch thee out of all thy perplexities.”
 
-C.H. Spurgeon