FRIENDS AND FAMILY ARE COMFORTERS . BUTB GOD IS OUR ULTIMATE  COMFORTER, THROUGH CHRIST AND THROUGH THE HOLY SPIRIT. COMFORT IS RELIEF FROM BURDENS, ENCOURAGEMENT FOR A NEW DAY, EXHORTATION TO RISE ABOVE THE BURDEN THYAT AFFICT US. AND HOPE  THAT THE PAIN  AND SUFFERING WILL  ULTIMATELY END. JUST BEING THERE WITH US IS PERHAPS THE GREATEST SOURCE OF COMFORT.