Many times in our lives we are losing hope specially in the middle of pains, sufferings, betrayals and such hardships. But allow me to share with you the secret weapon which God lead me through when I was in that very situation 
Lamentations 3, Jeremiah (also known as the “weeping Prophet”), shared his very experience of hardships. The discouraging part of his experience is found in Lamentations 3:17, he wrote “I have been deprived of peace, I have forgotten what prosperity is.”, and most of us feel the same way when we are into struggles wherein we tend to give up.
With all these struggles, allow me to share with you the things which Jeremiah did and we should do too! RECALL GOD’S GOODNESS (verses 22-23), God’s steadfast love and mercy which endures forever, and His faithfulness is great that our mind can not phantom! Just as the little children’s hope is steadfast, so is the hope we should have as believers. Ang pag-asa na ito ay magliliyab sa ating kaluluwa kung uumpisahan natin maniwala at manampalataya. The full potential of our hope for the future is realized as we stand at the cross and connect with it.
His love endures! So gaano tayo kamahal ni Lord? Ganito...1 Peter 3:18 says, “Christ also suffered. He died once for the sins of us all guilty sinners, although He himself was innocent of any sin at anythime, that He might bring us safety home to God. But though His body died, His spirit lived on.”
We all should know that God is not happy to see His children suffer (Lamentations 3:33) “For He does not willingly bring affliction or grief on the children of men”. More often, it is our choice to be hurt and stay hurting
but God provides a way of escape through our friends who love God! When Job is being tested his 3 friends (Eliphaz, Bildad and Zophar) share his anguish. Nakibahagi sila sa kanyang dalamhati, and Bildad told Job, “And so He (God) will make you happy and give you something to smile about” (Job 8:21). Kaya kung ikaw ay may pinagdadaanan mas maiging lumapit ka sa mga taong nagmamahal din kay Lord hindi sa mga bagay o impluwensiya ng mundo. God knows everything (Lamentations 3:35-36). He works all things together for good of those who love Him (read Romans 8:28-29).Ramdam at alam ng Dios ang inyong pinagdaraanan kaya panghawakan mo ang Kanyang pangako sa Deuteronomy 28:8 “Igagawad sa iyo ng Panginoon ang Kanyang pagpapala sa iyong mga kamalig, at sa lahat ng pagpatungan mo ng iyong kamay at pagpapalain ka Niya sa lupain na ibibigay sa iyo ng Panginoon mong Dios”. Nung ako ay nasa sitwasyon mo, ako ay nagpatirapa sa aking kwarto at sinambit ang mga katagang “Lord, nararamdaman mo ba ang nararamdaman ko? Nakikita mo ba ang mga luha ko? Hanggang kailan ito? Iparamdam mo sa akin!”. Nung gabing iyon ako ay nanaginip na ako ay nasa tuktok ng napakagandang bundok, abot-kamay ko ang ulap at ito ay nilalaro ko. Hindi ko nakikita ang nasa paligid kaya ako ay tumingala sa langit at mula sa kalangitan ay bumagsak ang isang napakalaking luha at niyanig ang bundok na kinatatayuan ko NGUNIT HINDI AKO NATINAG! Nung kinabukasan ay pinasyalan ako ng aking leader upang kumustahin, dahil sa kanya ko lahat kinukwento ang nararamdaman ko at ang sabi niya sa akin, “Jennifer, pinakita na sa iyo ng Dios ang iyong tagumpay sa iyong pinagdadaanan bastat patuloy ka lang na manalig sa Kanya.” At iniwan niya sa akin ang pangako ni Lord sa Isaiah 1:19, “ If you are willing and obedient, you will eat the good things of the land”. Kaya heto ako ngayon ninanam-nam ang tagumpay na ipinangako ng Dios
LEARN TO WAIT PATIENTLY (verse 26) - there is hope in waiting patiently. James 1:3 says that “For you know that when your faith is tested, your endurance has a chance to grow”
My prayer to everyone reading this note “May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit” (Romans 15:15).
God bless you exceedingly and abundantly!
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Thank you for your support!
Wendell and Jennifer Schultz
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