For a while on BSF, there was an Oswald Chambers devotional posted. I would like to pick up on that and post one daily for encouragement to Christians.
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They shall hunger no more, neither thirst any more;...and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes. (Revelation 7:16-17)

The Wonder of God's Presence

Happiness depends on keeping our spirits wide open to God. With deep insight, St. Augustine wrote: "God has made us for himself and we are restless until we find ourselves at home in Him." Ah, what a day when we shall be "before the throne of God, and serve Him day and night in his temple"! Then shall all our restless hungers be satisfied; then shall all our thirsts be quenched. God himself shall satisfy our every longing; His presence shall wipe away all tears from our eyes. Heaven will be heaven because God is there.

But we know it is not enough to wait for heaven. We need God here and now. Always men have needed Him; and always God has found ways to make himself known to those who hunger for Him. "When the fullness of time was come, God sent forth his Son" (Galations 4:4)

Today, God's Spirit can fill our hearts. Here and now, He can walk with us. Because of His help, hunger is easier to bear, and thirst is not impossible torture. Our crying is hushed, and our pain is eased. The most blessed hours in this life are those in which God's presence seems most fully to surround our hungering spirits. As John Wesley lay on his deathbed he cried out, "The best thing of all is that God is with us." And Wesley was right.

Because of His help, hunger is easier to bear, and thirst is not impossible torture. Our crying is hushed, and our pain is eased.

I like that.

Sometimes when I think things are bad I just remember the suffering of Jesus and I know that I'm dealing with small potatoes.