The Lord knows us so well. In the midst of his farewell address to the apostles, he tells them that there is so much more for them to understand and discover. He would tell them, but he realizes they cannot bear his words. Have you ever been put in a situation that required you to carry something you thought was impossible to take? I remember being told that my mother had to go into the hospital for surgery when I was a young boy. We weren’t told what it was for, but later that evening, my Dad said we needed to see our mother the next day as there had been some complications in the surgery, so she couldn’t see us right now (my sister later told me it was because she almost bled to death). I was scared beyond anything. I had a nightmare that evening where I imagined going into the hospital and seeing people crying because the doctor just gave them some bad news. I couldn’t bear it. When our father asked us to come inside once we arrived at the hospital, I told him I couldn’t and ran back to the car. I believed that if I didn’t go in, I wouldn’t see the doctor come out and give us bad news so that she would be all right. Crazy kid thinking. We are often asked to bear hardships in life. The remarkable beauty of our faith is that the Lord has provided us with the Advocate who walks with us side-by-side as we go through those things we cannot bear. From what the Lord taught us, I know that “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails.” Having gone through several hardships in life, I can positively say to you that it’s our belief in Him we channel in these challenging times, His strength that helps us endure all things, and the hope of His promises that gets us through it all. Why? Because His love never fails!