“When the world is breaking — why your heart can still have hope”

[Hubi]

Imagine the following scene…

It is late in the evening.

Outside it is raining…
not heavily… but steadily…
the kind of rain that makes everything quiet.

In a small apartment, a man is sitting alone at a table.

The light is dim…
his phone is lying in front of him…

and again and again he looks at it.

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No message.

No call.

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His shoulders are lowered…
his eyes are tired…

and slowly… very slowly…

a tear runs down his face.

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He quickly wipes it away…

as if no one is allowed to see it.

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He looks out the window…
into the darkness…

and quietly whispers:

“I don’t know how much longer I can do this…”

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Dear brothers and sisters…

We may not know this man.

But his feeling…

many know it.

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Because we live in a time…

in which people function outwardly…

but struggle inwardly.

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You get up in the morning…
go to work…
take care of your responsibilities…

maybe even smile…

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But in the heart…

there is a burden.

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And sometimes you ask yourself:

“What is actually going on with this world…?”

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Everywhere you look, you see problems…

People lose their jobs…
others no longer know how to provide for their families…

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Governments seem helpless…
decisions don’t bring real solutions…

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Debts grow…
worries increase…

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Conversations often lead nowhere…
negotiations remain without results…

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And the more you look…

the more a feeling of chaos arises.

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But what perhaps hurts the most…

is not what happens on the outside…

but what happens on the inside.

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Love decreases…

Patience disappears…

Respect is lost…

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People become harder…
colder…
more indifferent…

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On the road there is a lack of consideration…
in daily life a lack of understanding…

and even in dealing with one another…

there is often no real listening.

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People look at each other…

but no longer truly see one another.

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And maybe you have thought:

“It wasn’t like this before…”

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And somewhere deep in the heart…

this feeling arises:

This world…

is out of balance.

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The Bible describes this time exactly.

In 2 Timothy 3:1 it says:

“In the last days critical times will be here that are hard to deal with.”

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Not just difficult…

but hard to endure.

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Maybe you know this feeling…

You wake up in the morning…

and you are tired.

Not physically…

but inside.

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As if your heart is carrying more
than it was meant to carry.

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Imagine your heart like a backpack…

At first it is light.

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But then a worry is added…
a disappointment…
a problem…

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And you put everything inside.

Day after day.

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And at some point…

you try to stand up…

and you realize:

“This is too heavy…”

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And still…

you keep going.

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You function…
you smile…
you maybe say:

“I’m fine.”

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But inside…

it’s not fine.

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Why is everything becoming so intense?

Why does so much feel heavier today than before?

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The Bible gives a clear answer.

In Revelation 12:12 it says:

“The Devil has come down to you, having great anger, knowing he has a short period of time.”

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That explains why everything increases.

Why problems feel bigger…

why people react more extremely…

why everything escalates faster.

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It is as if a storm is getting stronger…

just before it ends.

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Maybe you have experienced this…

A storm builds…

the wind becomes stronger…
the rain heavier…

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And at that moment you think:

“This won’t hold…”

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But often that is exactly the point…

when the storm is closest to ending.

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But now something very important…

With all these global developments…

Jehovah does not forget you.

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Psalm 34:19 says:

“Many are the hardships of the righteous one…”

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Jehovah does not say:

“You will have no problems.”

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He says:

“I see your problems.”

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And Psalm 56:8 goes even further:

“You keep track of my tears.”

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Imagine that…

Jehovah does not just see that you cry…

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He remembers every single tear.

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None is too small.

None is insignificant.

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There are tears…

that no one sees.

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Not the ones that fall in public…

but the ones that come at night…

when everything is quiet.

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Maybe you have experienced moments like that…

When you are alone…

and your thoughts become loud…

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And a tear comes…

and you think:

“No one understands this…”

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But Jehovah understands it.

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He was there.

Quiet…
loving…
attentive.

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Isaiah 41:10 says:

“I will really hold on to you.”

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Not just watch…

not just observe from a distance…

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Hold on to you.

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Imagine a small child…

It wakes up at night…

Everything is dark…

quiet…

frightening.

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It softly calls:

“Mom?”

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No answer.

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The fear grows…

tears come…

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Then the door opens…

and a hand takes it.

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The room is still dark…

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But the heart becomes calm.

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Why?

Because it is no longer alone.

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That is how Jehovah is.

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The storm may still be there…

but you are not alone.

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And that gives hope.

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Not a vague hope…

but a real one.

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Isaiah 65:17 says:

“I am creating new heavens and a new earth…”

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A world…

where no one says:

“I can’t go on…”

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A world…

where no one cries at night anymore.

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A world…

where your heart finally feels light.

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Imagine…

all the burden you carry today…

would simply be gone.

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No more worries…

no more fear…

no more pain.

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Only peace.

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And that is not a dream.

That is a promise.

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Maybe you feel tired sometimes…

overwhelmed…

invisible…

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Maybe you have fought…

endured…

and no one saw it.

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But Jehovah saw it.

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Every moment.

Every struggle.

Every tear.

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And he says to you:

“Hold on just a little longer.”

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This world may become more difficult…

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But Jehovah’s closeness will become stronger for you.

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Maybe…

tonight…

when you are alone…

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just say:

“Jehovah… I am tired.”

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And then…

let him hold you.

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Yes…

this world is hard.

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But you don’t have to carry it alone.

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Jehovah sees you.
Jehovah understands you.
Jehovah holds you.

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And soon…

there will be no more tears.

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Until then…

he carries you…

even when you think you are walking alone.

 

 

 

 

 

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