Sometimes, all we need is just one person who believes in us and who will never give up on us. Someone who sees beyond our weaknesses, beyond our faults. Who knows that though we walk in darkness, we can still find our way into the light.
He also spoke a parable to them that they must always pray, and not give up, saying, “There was a judge in a certain city who didn’t fear God, and didn’t respect man. A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying, ‘Defend me from my adversary!’ He wouldn’t for a while, but afterward he said to himself, ‘Though I neither fear God, nor respect man, yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.’ ”
The Lord said, “Listen to what the unrighteous judge says. Won’t God avenge his chosen ones who are crying out to him day and night, and yet he exercises patience with them??—?-Luke 18:1–7, WEBBE
What does it mean to never give up? What does it mean to not lose hope?
There are times when we’re so deep in darkness that we could hardly remember what light looks like. There are times when we’re in so much pain that we could hardly imagine how things could ever be better again.
How could they? How could everything still be okay?
So many things have gone wrong. We have failed to accomplish the plans we made. We’ve lost our very dreams. We’ve failed to protect the ones we love the most.
When you have lost so much, how do you not give up? How do you find the strength to carry on?
Sometimes, my friend, it’s not only a matter of not giving up. It’s matter of having someone who never gives up on you.
If you have a person who can still believe with you even when everything seems hopeless, not everything is lost.
But what if you don’t even have such a person?
My friend, there is always Jesus. He is the One Friend who will always be with you. The One Friend who will never give up in you.
Even the best of people may walk away. Everyone else may stop believing. But remember the One whose light can overcome all darkness.
He never gave up when His disciples abandoned Him. He never gave up on Peter even when he denied Him. He never gave up even when He felt excruciating pain on the cross.
He loves you so much and He will never give up on you.
The thing about hope is that it’s a positive force that shines the most when it’s dark. When everything’s going well, we hardly notice it’s there. But when things go against us, when our dreams fade and when we see no immediate reprieve from our troubles, that’s when hope does its best work for us.
"Where Hope Can Be Found"