How can we have good cheer when our lives are turned upside down? This is not a speculative question but one everyone faces at some point.
A few hours before the Romans drove spikes into his hands and legs to crucify him, Jesus told His disciples, “In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world” (John 16:33b, KJV). How can we have good cheer when our lives are turned upside down? How could Jesus say that He had overcome the world when the world was about to kill Him? These are not just speculative questions; they refer to situations everyone faces at some point in life.
C.S. Lewis serves as a prime example of someone who had more than his share of disappointments, hardships, and suffering—
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