CHRISTIE MICHAUD BLOG

There was only delayed hope. I knew and trusted this verse, but deeper reflection revealed I was still clinging to my good being what’s good.

If you're still breathing, then you've made it through hard things. Take a moment and remember what you've made it through. Maybe this hard thing seems bigger than any you've gone through before. No matter what, you have made it through hard things, therefore, you can do hard things.

What if the “get up” Jesus is speaking of is to “pick up your mat” and the faith produced from that action will lead to walking (more faith and becoming well)?

What if by dwelling on the hard, longing for the past, or wishing for or fearing the future, we are missing what he is doing in the present? 

Disappointment occurs when expectations (of others or of ourselves) go unmet. In other words, we believe that ourselves, another person, a group of people, or an event should do or produce something specific and if it does not, disappointment results.