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b'When you were young, who did you go to for comfort? Who was strong enough to hold you and carry you? Who made you feel the safest? Who made every hurt go away?\\nAs we grow older, we lose some of the bonds we had when we were younger. We don\\u2019t sit on the laps of grandparents or snuggle with aunts and uncles. We might not get the same comfort from those people as we did when we were little. We might even feel like we\\u2019re too old to be comforted\\u2014or worse, that no one is large enough to hold us and our problems now.\\nBut God is there for us like trusted adults were there for us when we were younger. Even if we\\u2019ve lost some of the people we were close to during childhood, even if we feel like adults can\\u2019t help us with the kinds of problems we\\u2019re facing, even if we\\u2019re too big to sit in anybody\\u2019s lap\\u2026we never grow out of God\\u2019s lap.\\nOur wounds may be different now (a kiss on a boo-boo works for a baby or toddler, but how do you heal a broken heart after a breakup?), but God\\u2019s love is the same. He longs to enfold us in His arms, to soothe our every hurt, to listen to us cry. He won\\u2019t scold us for being childish. He won\\u2019t tell us to just get over it. No, God identifies with all our hurts, no matter how big or small they may seem to us. Jesus knows firsthand what it\\u2019s like to be human, including what it\\u2019s like to grow up. Even if the adults in our lives don\\u2019t have solutions for our problems, God does. He understands all our problems, and He is always there offering us comfort. \\u2022 Emily Acker\\n\\u2022 How have your relationships with trusted adults changed as you\\u2019ve gotten older?\\n\\u2022 Even though humans can\\u2019t be our savior (that\\u2019s Jesus\\u2019s job), God still calls us to be in community with fellow Christians. In fact, this is one of the ways we receive God\\u2019s comfort (2 Corinthians 1:3-4). And when people disappoint us, God remains trustworthy. How has Jesus made it possible for us imperfect humans to be in community? (1 Corinthians 12:12-27) \\n\\u2022 In what area of your life do you need comfort today? If you\\u2019re ready, take a moment to imagine crawling up onto God\\u2019s lap and receiving His comfort. \\nGod is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. Psalm 46:1 (NIV)\\n\\xa0\\nRead Verses:\\nPhil.4.10-Phil.4.13|1Tim.6.6-1Tim.6.16'