Throughout over a decade of ministry, God has allowed me to walk through moments of crisis with many people that I dearly love. Sometimes the crisis comes in the form of the unexpected loss of a loved one. At other times, it comes as the result of the hurt caused by someone close (such as an unfaithful spouse, an abusive parent or a rebellious child). The circumstances have all been different, but the pain has all been much the same for those who are experiencing it. It seems like every time I receive one of those dreaded phone calls from someone who is, all of the sudden, facing a traumatic situation in their life, that I pause to pray the same prayer. As I drive to be with the ones who are hurting, at some point I pause to whisper a prayer to the Lord pleading, "Father, I do not have the ability to help these hurting people or to give them the comfort they need. Please give me the ability to be Your minister to them. Enable me to give them Your comfort." The Lord teaches u