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And it’s About to Get Personal

I’ll be honest. Every time I brainstorm a new suspense story the same thought runs through my mind. Yikes. This is depressing and dark. 

I love action and a good who-dun-it plot. But it involves selfish people bent on wreaking havoc somewhere to get what they think they deserve. 

So like most things, it got me thinking. Where is the hope and how can I weave that into every story I write?

Each of us experiences trials in life. And the last thing we need to be reminded of is the hardships of someone else’s life in a fictional world without any glimmer of light. 

Isn’t that how it always goes? Darkness encroaches on us until we are groping at thin air searching for relief. Begging for light. A breath of fresh air. 

Amidst the trials in life, we need to see the triumph. 

To know no matter what troubles come your way, you can have joy.

And that’s what I want to encourage you with. 

That indeed, there is…

Triumph through Trials

Perhaps you’re walking through a valley right now and you laugh at the thought of finding triumph through trials.

Your every day life feels anything but triumphant.  

But I can assure you it’s there.

Because it’s where the Greatest Story ever told meets everyday life. 

It all starts and ends with Jesus. The only reason we can confidently say there is triumph through trials. 

It might seem that loss or suffering is around every corner, but through Christ, there is victory.

Jesus endured the greatest trial. Humiliation, physical excruciating pain, and the wrath of God being poured out on Him during His crucifixion. A perfect, sinless, God-man died to give imperfect, sinful humans the hope of life. 

What appeared to be only a horrific tragedy made way for the sweetest triumph when Christ rose from the dead, conquering sin and giving us access to God without any other payments needing to be met. 

We can have peace with God and eternal life if we repent, believe, and obey God.

But it doesn’t end there! 

The troubles and hardships in our personal lives are met by Jesus, our empathetic and understanding Savior, who gets it. And He promises to work all things for our good and His glory (Romans 8:28). The trials in your life do not have the final say. And one day, as believers we will be with God where there is forever triumph in heaven. With no more pain, loss, or suffering. 

It gets better still! 

The weightiness of sin can bring about sorrow in our life at what we’ve done or what others have done to us. But because of Christ’s triumph over the cross, we have triumph over our sin. 

There is liberation from this destruction if we are God’s children. And if we are His children, we are more than conquerors through Him who loves us (Romans 8:35-37). 

The temptation to sin is still there, and there will be times we give in, but we have the power of God inside of us to say no to sin and the heartache it brings with it. And one day we will be triumphant over sin because of Jesus with new, perfect bodies! 

Praise God that there is hope for triumph through trials. 

Just like we need to remind ourselves of the truth of who God is and who we are, the same goes for the stories I write.

Through the circumstances my characters endure, they learn vital truths about God, themselves, and how it impacts the way they live and look at life. 

My prayer is that the hope these characters find impacts your everyday life, too. That you find the parallel in your own story and the triumph that is offered to you. It might not come in the way you originally anticipated, but I can assure you it is exactly what you need because God is writing your story. 

I pray you not only connect with the characters and their journey, but you grow in intimacy with the God who created you and wants a relationship with you. 

One that will end with triumph through trials because Christ has won and reigns victorious both now and for all eternity. 

Keep pressing on my friend. There is triumph because of the cross. 

All for His glory,
Laura