Have you ever been to the point of giving up? Giving up on your
job, giving up on your family, giving up on life in general. Going through my
library I ran across an older book which I hadn't read for a number of years. I
started re-reading it and wanted to recommend it to each of my friends and
family. I hope you might share this with others as the book is such a great
blessing.
I talk with so many people who are struggling in their lives. I
read on Facebook about the many struggles that each of you have and pray about
that, but each of us face the question, "is there more I can do when I
hurt?" Yes there is, so let me recommend this book to you, "Have
you felt like giving up lately," by David Wilkerson.
Some of the chapter headings are, When you hurt and there is no
physical cure, Why me, Lord? Friends try so hard to help, Time heals nothing,
Heartbreakers do not get off easy.
One of my favorite chapters is, "You can't carry your own
cross" (very interesting ideas). Then there is: You can't depend on others
for your happiness. Why do we feel like giving up, and what is the cure? These
are only a few of the chapters, but you get the idea.
You see what each of us need to remember is that there is always
hope! You may not feel like it as you grapple with the problems in your life,
but our God is a God of Hope!
What is the worst thing that can happen to you? What is it that
most people fear the most? For those in the world, those who are outside of
Christ, isn't it death? Yet Paul writes in 1Thessalonians 4:13-4, "Brothers and
sisters, we do not want you to be uninformed about those who sleep in death, so
that you do not grieve like the rest of mankind, who have no hope. For we
believe that Jesus died and rose again, and so we believe that God will bring
with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in him."
You see in the end, we have the promise of eternal life with God.
That is the hope that keeps us from giving up, no matter what.
--Russ Lawson
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