How much hurt can one heart take? Where can you turn when life has become one long battle you know you can’t win? Christina found the answer she’s been longing for at the final night of the Chicago Harvest. For Christina and daughter Hannah, this truly was an “Evening of Hope”. Nearly twenty years have passed since Christina’s sister died in a horrific tragedy. Since then, life has been a series of tragedies and broken relationships that left her feeling bitter and angry. Lately the pressure of raising two young daughters has been mounting and Christina was telling her troubles to a friend at work. The friend encouraged Christina to bring her daughter Hannah and come to the crusade. “I had never heard of Greg Laurie,” Christina said. “But my friend said it would be good for me to come tonight, and she was right.” Hannah nodded quietly when her mom said this was a happy night for both of them. Asked how she felt, she shyly answered, “Relieved. At 14, you shouldn’t have stress, but you do. I just feel so relieved.”
Christina said it gave her comfort to hear Greg say that we don’t always have an answer for why bad things happen. “For so long I have been asking why is this happening to me? I don’t get comfort in knowing other people have tragedy, but it gives me hope to know I’m not alone in my experience with sorrow and pain.” Tonight she knew it was time to let go of the anger and begin reaching out to God for comfort. “I’ve been crying all night, but now my tears are because I’m so happy.”
