When the very bottom of things falls out, what can a righteous person possibly accomplish?  

Psalms 11:3 CEB

I keep this quote in the front of my journal and return to it regularly when it all seems too much:

"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief;

Do justly now.

Love mercy now.

Walk humbly now.

You are not obliged to complete the work.

But neither are you free to abandon it."

Perkei Avot 2:16

Rabbi Tarfon

The ethics of our fathers.

And this one from Jesus:

"I have told you all this so that you may have peace in me. 

Here on earth you will have many trials and sorrows. 

But take heart, 

because 

I 

have 

overcome

the world."

John 16:33 NLT

When we lose heart, look up, look out, remember that we don't have to fix it all, but work with God in it, and we are held in a Bigger Story, where it might not seem like it, but Jesus has already overcome.

#redemptivestrands #hopeishere #weareBeloved 

#allwillbeandisbeingmadenew