Feeling perplexed?

But this precious treasure — this light & power that now shine within us [Good News of Jesus Christ] — is held in perishable containers, that is, in our weak bodies. So everyone can see that our glorious power is from God & is not our own.

We are pressed on every side by troubles, but we are not crushed & broken.
We are perplexed, but we don’t give up & quit.

We are hunted down, but God never abandons us.
We get knocked down, but we get up again & keep going.

— 2 Corinthians 4:7–9 (NLT)