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FRIDAY THOUGHT 3/14/08

Endured your share of soul-crushing disappointments?  Imagine it is Good Friday, you’ve been a hopeful follower of Jesus, had put all your eggs in His basket, and now….  You’re looking up at this battered, broken body.  It’s gonna be a long weekend.  Everything — everything — you’d believed in is now gone, dead.  Well, maybe you can slink on home and get your old job back on the fishing boats.
 
But then — TA DA! — it all changes three days later.  It’s true.  It’s really true.  He did it!  Soul-crushing disappointment has been transformed into amazing joy and triumph!  From the jaws of utter and total defeat: Victory!
 
My point:  Never give up hope and faith, even in the worst, darkest moments.  God knows what he’s doing, and His plans include you, by name.  Prepare your heart with hope and joy.  — jri
 
“My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
    and are so far from my cry
    and from the words of my distress?”
        –    Psalm 22:1