Everything we experience is given to us to learn from that we may make full use of it at another time. It encompasses every joy, every sorrow, every friendship, every embarrassment, every hurt and every happiness. It is up to us to see the positive in each situation as a "tool" to be used the next time a similar circumstance occurs to us or someone whom we may be able to help.
In Isaiah 61 : 1, God is telling us to spread His word
- to help others who are suffering physically, mentally or emotionally;
- to help those who are bound by sickness or circumstance;
- to help free those who are "captive" or "imprisoned" emotionally, physically, socially or addictively.
Isaiah 61:1
The Spirit of the Lord God is upon me; because the Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the broken hearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives; and the opening of the prison to them that are bound.