To Those Challenged This Palm Sunday: A Message of Hope

By Samantha Avril-Andreassen
Homeless, Not Defeated

If you are hurting right now…
If you are in the middle of something you can’t even put into words…
If you are fighting to hold your voice, your dignity, your peace…
I see you.
And more than that — God sees you.

Today is Palm Sunday —
the beginning of a road that looked like celebration…
but held sorrow.
A road that was loud with praise…
but would soon grow silent.

And still, He walked.

So if today you are carrying pain that no one understands…
If the road ahead feels long and lonely…
Walk anyway.
Even if your knees shake.
Even if your voice cracks.
Even if the palms aren't laid down for you just yet.

Because your journey is not for nothing.
The same God who wept is the one who rose.
And the same power that raised Him lives in you.

This is not the end of your story.
It’s the part they’ll talk about when they say:
“She kept walking.
She kept believing.
She didn’t give up — and that was her victory.”

So to every heart breaking quietly,
To every soul walking through fire,
To every woman building herself back piece by piece —

You are not alone.
You are not forgotten.
And you are not finished.

This moment is not your forever.
It’s your becoming.

With you in spirit,
🕊️
Samantha