“‘The days are coming’; declares the LORD, ‘when I will fulfill the good promise I made to the people of Israel and Judah.

In those days and at that time I will make a righteous Branch sprout from David”s

line; he will do what is just and right in the land.

In those days Judah will be saved and Jerusalem will live in safety. This is the name

by which it will be called: The LORD Our Righteous Savior.’”

Jeremiah 33:14-16

Hope Within Our Pain

Hope within darkness. Expectancy of a better future, restoration. This is exactly what Jeremiah’s prophecy is in the above passage. If we dive in a little bit we see that during this time, Israel was right at a period of tremendous suffering and tragedy. Not to forget, Jeremiah was speaking these words of hope from prison. Locked up, his people are right at devastation, and immense pain with no end in sight, and enter this message.

Right when hope was desperately needed. Isn’t this when we all need hope??

During seasons in our lives when all feels lost—when relationships are crumbling, a loved one’s health is failing, finances are beyond tight, dreams we once had feel all but lost—Hope enters. And just like in Jeremiah 33:14-16, Hope comes through the promise of the Savior. Our Savior. I can look back on times in my life when I truly saw no way out of the circumstances surrounding me. The pain was more unbearable than words could begin to describe. Shattered. Frail. Forgotten. And just like back then, God stepped in, and in the way only He could, filled me with hope, and expectation that he was making a way where there was no way.

This life can give us heartache and pain, leaving us bruised and broken with no vision of a future. This scripture is a reminder of God’s promise, and he is faithful to fulfill every promise, friend! Jesus IS our hope and reassurance yesterday, today, and tomorrow. How amazing is this promise?!?

As we enter this Christmas season, my prayer is we all experience the beautiful miracle that is HOPE in our Savior.

Tanya Duffey