"There is hope, great hope."

A thought by John Eldridge in his book, Resilient (p. xii). Thomas Nelson. Kindle Edition. (Click on the book title to go to Amazon to buy the book.)

Let's go back a bit. In talking about what we have been going through during the Covid-19 pandemic, John says, "Follow me closely now. To be suddenly stripped of your normal life; to live under the fear of suffering and death; to be bombarded with negative news, kept in a state of constant uncertainty about the future, with no clear view of the finish line; and to lose every human countenance behind a mask—may I point out that this is exactly the torment that terrorist regimes use to break down prisoners psychologically and physically?"

He says, "Folks, this had a traumatic effect, and we’ve got to plan for our recovery and find new resilience.

" 'At least we can get back to our normal lives,' one friend said. But that’s not true either. I know you want it to be true, but events are converging that prevent normal life from happening. Our enemy, the prince of darkness, has engineered this situation to do serious harm to the human heart. I believe we are set up for a sweeping loss of faith."

And back to where we started, "There is hope, great hope. Jesus Christ knew that humanity would face hard times, especially as history accelerates toward the end of the age. He gave us counsel on how to live through such trials, and now would be a good time to pay attention to what he said. The Creator and Redeemer of our humanity has given us a path toward recovery and resilience. We would be fools to ignore it or push it off to 'some other time.' Whatever you believe about the coming years, I think we can all agree that greater resilience of heart and soul would be a very good thing to take hold of."

He then says, "In this hour we don’t need inspiration and cute stories. We need a survival guide—which is exactly what this book is. Each chapter opens with a true story of human resilience against the bleakest odds. You’ll also encounter 'Skills' callouts to draw your attention to practical tools for strengthening heart and soul. And every chapter will pull your attention to Jesus himself, for we need the supernatural resilience provided in Christ. It is always available—we simply have to take hold of it."

It just might be what we need in the day in which we are living. Yes,yes! #continuethought

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