Are you done with winter and everything else?

     I have told you all this so that you mayhave peace in me. Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. But takeheart, because I have overcome the world.” (John 16:33, New Living Translation)

How did your week go? Or how about the month of April?Or all of 2023? Is anyone else completely done with winter? It does seem to beone thing after another.

If you follow me online or in person, you may rememberthat my back has been giving me a lot of trouble. The pain will be just aboutgone, and then the next day, I feel like I am back to square one with it – it isa trial which is starting to cause me some sorrow. I have other things to do besidesbaby this bum back.

And it’s not just me. I’m surrounded by family andfriends who are struggling in even worse ways. My heart goes out to them, and Ipray their burdens lessen.

But the Bible tells us that life wasn’t meant to beeasy. And just because we believe in God doesn’t mean that we will cruisethrough unscathed. What I can never figure out is how someone who is not a believercan even get out of bed in the morning, thinking that there is nothing morethan this life.

Take heart! Believe! Jesus Christ came into this world– into your life, if you’ll have Him – so that you can overcome all the troublesyou face. Accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior. Then even on the worst days,you will know that you have a true Friend and Ally, One who was willing to goto the cross for you.