Let There Be Hope
(Amp)Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the thoughts and plans that I have for you, says the Lord, thoughts and plans for welfare and peace and not for evil, to give you hope in your final outcome.
(NRSV) Psalm 26:13 I believe that I shall see the goodness of the LORD
in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the LORD;
be strong, and let your heart take courage;
wait for the LORD!
Hope has always been a vital part of my makeup. Some people disregard hope as being foolish. Others believe hope displays a lack of faith, as though only one or the other can exist. For me, hope has sustained me while waiting for the thing promised by faith to be made real.
There are times when I almost lose hope. Almost. But hope brings a confident expectation that my faith will not disappoint.
I wrote the following poem following my first heart attack. I was as low as I’ve ever been—physically weak and emotionally exhausted. Yet, I still had both hope and faith.
HOPE
Hope drifts in on angel’s wings, barely
disturbing the air, the room, we
hardly know it’s there.
Yet, it arrives, unhurried, but
not unwanted.
We see it in the
face of a friend, the
trace of a smile, or simply
a kind word. It is the promise
of good things to come, the
assurance that we are not alone. It is
what gets us through another day
when we think we cannot go on.
2008 Carol J. Grace All Rights Reserved
I cannot lose hope, and neither can you. May we hold fast to our belief that God will sustain us through life’s difficulties.
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.
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