Indeed, we felt that we had received the sentence of death, so that we would not trust in ourselves but in God who raises the dead. 

He has delivered us from such a terrible death, and he will deliver us. 

We have put our hope in him that he will deliver us again while you join in helping us by your prayers. Then many will give thanks on our behalf for the gift that came to us through the prayers of many.

2 Corinthians 1:9-11 CSB

Following on from the despair and overwhelm of yesterday is the Truth that Paul holds on to:

There will be a resurrection, and that's all God's doing. 

God has saved him.

And at the same time God is still saving him (we are both saved and being saved in some way, delivered and being delivered)

And his community is all part of it. We're in this together and Paul seems to be saying that his "deliverance" by God is in part happening thru those in his life. 

This is the church, how it should be, in all our not being OKness, holding together in the messiness and despair the truth of who God is, what He has done, what He will do, and holding one another up as we walk each other home. 

#corinthians

#loveoneanother

#inthistogether