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You will be accepted by others in the same “club of pain.” You and I will rescue others who are still being crushed. Your new Life will be a Light in their dark tunnel. I will heal them and set them free. Your past pain will not have been in vain. I exchange ashes for beauty. Isaiah 61:3 to provide for those who mourn in Zion; to give them a crown of beauty instead of ashes, festive oil instead of mourning, and splendid clothes instead of despair. And they will be called righteous trees, planted by the LORD to glorify Him. Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 149:4 For the LORD takes pleasure in His people; He adorns the afflicted with salvation. Jeremiah 17:7 But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is Him. 2 Corinthians 4:7 For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all. 2 Corinthians 1:3-4  3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.