There is nothing else~ really...

    I recently read a post saying " I have a friend who has continually been dealt string after string of bad luck. What encouragement can I give when scriptures don't help." I have been going over and over this in my mind for a few days now. This isn't the 1st time I have heard this question, but each time I hear it I actually try really hard to think about what hope we have outside of Jesus? I try to think of a world where Jesus doesn't exist and the promises of God are nothing more than words on paper. Where can you draw strength? People fail. A hug feels good for a moment then fades. All the money in the world can't heal a terminal disease or bring back a loved one who has passed. What can this world offer in our time of need? When I look at that, my heart breaks.So many search for hope and end up on paths of destruction. People look to find hope in drugs, alcohol, even food,obesity being at an all time high. A world without Jesus is hopeless. John 14 Jesus said, " I am the way, the truth, and the light." What if the was no way? no truth? no light? I believe my answer to this post would have to be~ There is no other way...really. If the only hope there is, is Jesus, you must share him and pray God give them ears to hear. If we don't have Jesus, we don't have anything. There is an old song that comes to mind it was written by Bill Gather titled "Because He Lives". The chorus says this~ Because He lives I can face tomorrow, Because He lives all fear is gone; Because I know He holds the future, And life is worth the living just because He lives.  That chorus rings so true. What we are to do,when scripture is nothing more than words on paper to someone is we are to become scripture. We are to live a life that gives Jesus, that brings hope.It's time to be salt and light! We are to live a life that is undeniably stamped by the mark of God. When scripture is not enough, Jesus is, because he knows no bounds. If he is living inside of us and he is truth and light you can not hide light and give false hope. God is love~ we are to give love. God is the alpha and omega, he is where our race begins and he is where it ends.We as believers HAVE to acknowledge there is NO OTHER WAY and quit asking this question. There is nothing else~ really.