Pedrito does not normally look for comfort and support in that manner.
He knows that Christians can expect and will experience a mixture of blessings and trials.
When the trials come, he simply grits his teeth and battles his way through them, knowing that each one will have a definite end.
Naturally, prayers for strength and purpose fulfilment play their part.
However, there was a time in teenage years when 1 Corinthians 1:23-28 was very important.
It gave Pedrito … not comfort, not understanding … maybe insight is the word … into why God would choose to have any regard for someone whom everyone else delighted to look down on.
Those verses were a source of encouragement, a major source of encouragement, and in reality probably the only source of encouragement, for many years.
But it was not a matter of solace or comfort – it was more like wonderment.
Please understand that Pedrito is not knocking the idea of people finding comfort and support in the Bible.
It’s just that there are others who naturally see things from a slightly different perspective.
