Tuesday, December 9, 2025

Tuesday, December 9

Comfort Our People

Isaiah 40:1-2

Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.

Isaiah 40:1 (NIV)

To console is not merely to wipe away tears or pat someone on the back. To console is a gesture of profound connection between human beings, an act of deep humility, of genuine humanity. Offering comfort requires spiritual strength from the one who gives it and complete trust from the one who receives it.

It is putting oneself in another’s shoes, understanding their reality, and having the sensitivity to humbly and tenderly sustain the lives of others.

Today, consoling our people is a desperate need. To affirm that the adverse situations we are experiencing are not God’s will, that those who suffer today do not deserve it, that there is hope in the God who has never abandoned us, is our responsibility as a church.

This is a time for mutual consolation, for collective support, for seeking community-based solutions. Let us console by doing, let us help with tenderness, let us support with humility, and let us restore dignity to so many people who need it today.

Prayer: God, give me the strength, love, and tenderness to comfort those in need. Amen.

Translation by John Walter

 

 

Diciembre 9, Martes

Consolemos a nuestro pueblo

Isaías 40:1-2

¡Consuelen, consuelen a mi pueblo!  —dice su Dios—

Isaías 40:1

Consolar no es el mero acto de enjugar lágrimas, o dar palmadas en la espalda. Consolar es un gesto de profunda conexión entre los seres humanos, de profunda humildad, de plan humanidad. Llevar consuelo, implica una fuerza espiritual de quien lo ofrece y una completa confianza de quien lo recibe.

Es ponerse en el lugar de otro, entender la realidad, y tener la sensibilidad suficiente para con humildad y ternura, sostener la vida de otros.

Hoy, consolar a nuestro pueblo, es una necesidad a gritos, afirmar que las situaciones adversas por las que atravesamos, no son la voluntad de Dios, que quienes sufren hoy, no lo merecen, que hay esperanza en el Dios que nunca nos ha abandonado, es nuestra responsabilidad como iglesia.

Este es tiempo de consuelos mutuos, de apoyo colectivo, de búsquedas de alternativas comunitarias. Consolemos, haciendo, ayudemos con ternura, apoyemos con humildad y devolvamos la dignidad a tantas personas que hoy lo necesitan.

Oración: Dios dame la fuerza, el amor y la ternura para consolar a quienes lo necesitan. Amen

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