Sometimes, life can be so hard ...

Life seems to be so hard. Nothing really seems to work out for you. You feel like you're being pulled in different directions - so many different directions. You don't know which we turn. You wonder if it really matters which way you turn. Is there a right way? Is there a good way - a way that is better than any other way? Some people will tell you not to bother yourself too much about all this. Have you ever heard the words, "I am the way, the truth and the life." These are amazing words. As you read them , don't you think that they must have been spoken by an amazing person - someone who was well and truly out of the ordinary? They were spoke by an amazing person - Jesus Christ. You can find these words in the Bible. They're in the New Testament - the Gospel of John, chapter 14, verse 6. Think about what Jesus was saying. Was He saying, "I know how to do this. I know how to to do that. I know how to do the next thing." If He was saying this, we might learn quite a lot from Him - but would He really be any different from anyone else who can teach us how to do a lot of different things? Take a closer look at what Jesus said. He doesn't say, "I know how to do things." He says, "I am the way." That's an amazing statement. If we really take this statement seriously, it will make us sit up and take notice of Jesus. What else does He say? He says, "I am the truth", and He says, "I am the life." Amazing - three times over! Surely, these are the words of a very special person! Perhaps, He's someone who can help you - really help you, someone who can make a real difference in your life. This is not about finding a way that seems, to you, to be a better way of life than the life you have just now. It's about finding the One who will bring everything together for you, the One who will pick up the broken pieces of your life and put them all together again: Jesus Christ - the true way, the living way,