Only By Experiencing True Hope Can You Let Go Of Deep Hurt!

Look Around, Your Not Alone

John 19:26-27 NLT
When Jesus saw his mother standing there beside the disciple he loved, he said to her, “Dear woman, here is your son.” And he said to this disciple, “Here is your mother.” And from then on this disciple took her into his home.

Psalm 23:4 NLT
Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

Lift Your Head, God’s Not Done

Luke 24:14-18 NIV
They were talking with each other about everything that had happened. As they talked and discussed these things with each other, Jesus himself came up and walked along with them; but they were kept from recognizing him. He asked them, “What are you discussing together as you walk along?” They stood still, their faces downcast. One of them, named Cleopas, asked him, “Are you the only one visiting Jerusalem who does not know the things that have happened there in these days?”

Romans 8:28 NLT
And we know that God causes everything to work together for the good of those who love God and are called according to his purpose for them.

1 Corinthians 2:9 NLT
That is what the Scriptures mean when they say, “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, and no mind has imagined what God has prepared for those who love him.”

Lean In, And Believe

John 20:25-29 NLT
They told him, “We have seen the Lord!” But he replied, “I won’t believe it unless I see the nail wounds in his hands, put my fingers into them, and place my hand into the wound in his side.”
Eight days later the disciples were together again, and this time Thomas was with them. The doors were locked; but suddenly, as before, Jesus was standing among them. “Peace be with you,” he said. Then he said to Thomas, “Put your finger here, and look at my hands. Put your hand into the wound in my side. Don’t be faithless any longer. Believe!” “My Lord and my God!” Thomas exclaimed.
Then Jesus told him, “You believe because you have seen me. Blessed are those who believe without seeing me.”

They believed he was the Messiah. The Messiah was supposed to bring victory, justice, and peace to Israel. So they were shocked, distressed, and probably in disbelief as well. Some of them may even have doubted or questioned whether He was in fact the Messiah, they felt like he had abandoned them. Like he had built them up for something great, then pulled the rug out from under them.

Even when Jesus told them on their way to Jerusalem how He would have to die, the disciples either dismissed it or didn’t understand it. His death was not what they had expected or hoped for.

What you feel right now, how the circumstances look like right now, what your dealing with right now…it isn’t the end! If it’s not good, God’s not done!

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