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"Here on earth you will have many trials & sorrows.

But take heart,

     because I have overcome the world."

John 16:33b



This is Jesus speaking here, to His disciples, on the way to Gethsemane, on the night before He died.

He was telling them His "final instructions" before they all deserted Him & He died a heinous death.

Jesus wasn't messing around when He talks to the disciples that night.

He was telling them things to hold on to after He's dead.



Now, think of all the tough stuff that's going on in our life.

     all those things that just drive us crazy, or worry us, or mess us up.

Then think about all the things that make us sad...

     no, not the fact that our latte wasn't like you like  yesterday morning.

I'm talking deaths of family or friends,

     divorces,

     lives thrown away,

     sicknesses,

     injustices,

     tragedies,

     traumas that we will carry around in our hearts because they are the awful things in life.


Jesus says to hang on - He has overcome all of those things - all of them.

iow, He's got us covered in all the crap that goes on in our lives.


Think about that - the sheer magnitude of that statement.

If it is true, how then should we live?