Today's Bible reading is the 1st chapter of the Book of 2nd Corinthians. You can read it here at Bible Gateway: https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?version=NASB&search=2%20Corinthians%201

Today's text reminds us that we (believers in Christ) are not immune from afflictions, sufferings, burdens, despair and peril. Each is a part of living in a sin affected world. It is good for the Christian to have a proper perspective on this in order that he or she is not mislead in believing that God has somehow granted us exempt status from both the troubles that are found in life and those that come specifically because of our association with Jesus Christ. But the text also reminds us of the wonderful advantage that is ours in Christ. God is the "Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of mercies" and the "God of all comfort". Praise the Lord that He is indeed the God of all comfort! Much comfort is needed in our sin ridden world. The older I am, and I pray the more I grow in grace and in the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, the more fully I see the sin issue. Oh, how we needed a Savior! The "God of all comfort", our text says, "comforts us in all our affliction" and, at least in part, He does "so that we will be able to comfort those who are in any affliction with the comfort with which we ourselves are comforted by God." Comforted by God so that we might comfort one another as He comforted us. May we be thankful to Him for this. Yes, sufferings may be ours in this life and there may be an abundance of them, but our "comfort is abundant in Christ."