“If you love me, you will keep my commandments. And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you."
~John 14:15-17
In our series on the names of God, we come now to a name Jesus ascribed to the Holy Spirit - Comforter, or Helper, as it's translated in this passage. This name points to God the Holy Spirit as being the One Who brings peace, the God Who comforts and strengthens His people.
I don't know about you, but this passage and this name of God specifically has become one of the most precious and meaningful ones to me in recent years.
In the past 5 years alone my family and I have been through many a wearying life circumstance - we've been through my husband's 7 month long deployment, years of health issues post Covid, years of secondary infertility, financial difficulties at one time or another, and more. And yet I can honestly say, through all of it, that the Holy Spirit has undoubtedly been my Comforter. He has touched my heart so gently and so tenderly countless times through all of life's ups and downs throughout these challenging seasons.
Not only that, but I can also honestly say with my whole heart that I am now deeply thankful for the many ups and downs of the past few years because of how much closer they brought me to the Lord, how much deeper they made my faith, and how much more precious the Lord's presence has become in my life as a result.
I pray the same will be able to be said by you, as well, as the Comforter comes to tenderly minister to you in all of your life seasons.
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