A Necessary Promise There is hope for Christians who have given up as well as for those who are contemplating raising the white flag. Our hope springs from a promise Jesus made at a time when His closest followers were about to give up hope. He said, I will not leave you as orphans; I will come to you. —John 14:18 And then strangely enough, not too many days afterward, He returned to His Father in heaven. Hmm? I don’t think I’m stretching it to say that a good many followers of Christ feel like