Day 304 📖 Jesus was honest with His disciples on His last night. He said the world would hate them because it hated Him first. But He also said, "I have chosen you out of the world." I'd rather be hated for belonging to Jesus than loved for fitting in. He told them it was for their good that He was leaving, so the Holy Spirit could come and live in every one of us. And He didn't tell them everything at once, just what they could handle. He leads me the same way, one step at a time. Then He said, "In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world." He never promised me an easy life. My peace isn't in things going right. It's in Him. That's why I don't quit. And right before the cross, He prayed for me. Not that God would take me out of the hard places, but that He'd protect me in them. John 16:33 🙏