Happy New Year...?!

Happy New Year!!!!!!!...right? Well, from what I've heard, most people aren't having too great a time right now. Whether it be no money for food, the death of a loved one, loss of rights to see a relative, or maybe just being bummed out about the way their life is headed in general, peoples' lives are taking their toll. They feel hopeless. They feel abandoned. They feel betrayed. But who cares? What can they do about it? Whether they like it or not, trials and temptation are burdening them heavily. ...Right? Yeah, hard times are building up and sinking in. Yeah, people are losing their jobs and loved ones. Yeah, sometimes life just bites. But hopeless? Abandoned? Betrayed? NEVER! "How can you say that with such confidence?" you might ask. Aside from personal experience, the Bible tells me so! Who cares about what some book tells me? Well, the great thing about that is, it's not just "some book." It's God's Holy Word to US! To me; to you. It's to everyone. It's God's great love letter! It's "God-breathed!" (2 Timothy 3:16). Okay, so if that's true, what does this Scripture tell me about life?
First of all, it's not hopeless.
"So the poor have hope, and injustice shuts its mouth." (Job 5:17).
"Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;My flesh also will rest in hope." (Psalm 16:9).
"For You are my hope, O Lord GOD;You are my trust from my youth." (Psalm 71:9).
"For surely there is a hereafter, And your hope will not be cut off." (Proverbs 23:18).
"Now hope does not disappoint, because the love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us." (Romans 5:5).
"Let us hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering, for He who promised is faithful." (Hebrews 10:23).
Secondly, even if people on this earth have abandoned you, God has not and will not abandon you. Ever.
"Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the LORD your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” (Deut 31:6).
"No man shall be able to stand before you all the days of your life; as I was with Moses, so I will be with you. I will not leave you nor forsake you." (Joshua 1:5).
"Let your conduct be without covetousness; be content with such things as you have. For He Himself has said, 'I will never leave you nor forsake you.'” (Hebrews 13:5).
And last, but certainly not least, God will never betray you (see previous verses). In fact, He loves you! So much that He sent His one and only Son to this earth to be betrayed, murdered, and risen from the dead, that YOU might be saved!
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him, shall not perish, but have everlasting life." (John 3:16).
See that? "whosoever." That includes me, you, everyone! God WANTS you to accept His gift of salvation.
"Even so it is not the will of your Father who is in heaven that one of these little ones should perish." (Matthew 18:14).
And after you've accepted this most precious gift, Christ lives IN you!
"I have been crucified with Christ; it is no longer I who live, but Christ lives in me; and the life which I now live in the flesh I live by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave Himself for me." (Galatians 2:20).
And God doesn't stop there. He wants a relationship with you. No, you didn't read that wrong. YOU.
"' And it shall be, in that day,' Says the LORD, ' That you will call Me ‘My Husband,’ And no longer call Me ‘My Master,’" (Hosea 2:12).
And He will ALWAYS be there for you, even when no one else is around.
"Then you will call, and the LORD will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I." (Isaiah 58:9).

So basically, there is hope, there is love, and you've got me and Jesus :D
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