Your Good News!
"The blind receive sight, the lame walk, those who have
leprosy are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised,
and the good news is proclaimed to the poor."
Matthew 11: 5
Author Orison Swett Marden believed that discouragement
was one of the germs that kill “the prosperity and
happiness
of tens of thousands of people” every year. Everyone
faces
discouraging events.
When our expectations or hopes collapse, it’s like a
punch
in the stomach. But Proverbs 25:25 says, “Like cold
water
to a weary soul is good news from a distant
land”.
When we live for the Lord, there's
always a silver lining.
Somewhere
there’s a Romans 8:28
moment.
When John the Baptist grew discouraged, Jesus sent
him
a word of Good News! So if you’re discouraged right
now,
look around quickly for something good from
God.
For why should you feel discouraged? Why should
shadows
come? Why should your heart feel lonely when Jesus is
your
portion, your constant friend? You can say with the
hymnist,
“His eye is on the sparrow, and I know He watches
me.”
"Suffering, failure, loneliness, sorrow, discouragement, and
death will be part of your journey, but the Kingdom of God will
conquer all these horrors. No evil can resist grace forever."
Brennan Manning
