Laravel controller structure

@lars64 If you have messages that belong to a user, then that suggests to me a nested resource controller:

Route::get('users/{user}/messages', 'UserMessagesController@index');

class UserMessagesController extends Controller
{
    public function show(User $user)
    {
        $messages = $user->messages()->latest()->paginate();

        return view('user.messages.index', compact('user', 'messages');
    }
}

@martinbean genius! Thanks