When the world feels like it's ending

When the World Feels Like It’s Ending

Hope in the Midst of the Shaking

Everywhere we look, there seems to be chaos.
Wars that never end.
Families divided.
People hurting each other over borders, ideologies, pride.
The earth groans.
The nations rage.

It feels apocalyptic—because in many ways, it is.

Not because God has abandoned us,
but because the world is groaning under the weight of what it was never meant to carry.

Scripture tells us that in the last days, “nation will rise against nation… there will be famines and earthquakes… people will betray one another… and the love of many will grow cold.”
(Matthew 24)

But the Bible also tells us:

“Do not be afraid.”

Because these things are not the end.
They are the birth pains of something greater.

In the shaking, there is awakening.
In the rubble, there is rebuilding.
In the breaking, there is birthing.
A new heaven. A new earth. A people purified by love, not hate.

You may feel weary.
You may feel the heaviness of a world that seems upside down.
But you were born for such a time as this.

To be a light in the shadows.
To speak peace where there is conflict.
To carry hope like a lamp through the storm.

“See, I am doing a new thing,” says the Lord.
“Now it springs up—do you not perceive it?”
(Isaiah 43:19)

This is not the end.
This is the beginning of a healing revolution.

Stay anchored in faith.
Hold fast to love.
And shine.

Hope. Faith. Salvation.
– Lilly Stesin