Soma

God is the source of true compassion.  Real comfort is more than thinking the right things in times of trouble.  It involves having my identity rooted in something deeper than my relationships, possessions, achievements, wealth, health, or my ability to figure it all out.  Real comfort is found when I understand that I am help in the hoolow of the hand of the One who created and rules all things.  The most valuable thing in my life is God’s love, a love that no one can take away.  When my identitiy is rooted in him, the storms of trouble will not blow me away.

Paul Tripp, Instruments in the Redeemer’s Hands