We Will Get Through This

2 Corinthians 1:3-4 says, "Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God."

Everyone is going through a crisis at a different level during this season. Because of that, we need each other now more than we've ever needed each other before. That passage teaches us that there is a kind of comfort that only comes from God—something we can't get from other people. But then it goes on to explain that God gives us that so that we can, in return, comfort those around us. 

So there's both a human factor and a God factor that exist in that passage when it comes to comfort. We're living in a world right now where there's a lot of anxiety and depression around this crisis, especially in the lives of teenagers and middle schoolers. That means if you're a leader or anyone who has a position or a voice, you can say “Hey, more than ever before, there's a generation listening, watching and needing for us to give them hope to say this is going to be okay. We're gonna get through this.”

This is such an important time to take that human comfort and hopefulness that we can have and hand it to the next generation because they desperately need to hear us say, "Hey, we're going to get through this."

Reggie Joiner

Reggie Joiner is founder and CEO of Orange (The reThink Group, Inc), a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to influence those who influence the next generation by providing resources and training for churches and organizations that create environments for parents, kids, and teenagers.