Category: A Faith in Process
Notes from the Journey
Our Hope
Because of Jesus – there is always hope, even in the darkest moments of your life. Timothy Keller The real hope is not in something we think we can do, but in God, who is making something good out of it in some way we cannot see.Thomas Merton “… I know what I am planning for…
Hope Delayed?
Delayed hope makes the heart sick … Proverbs 13:12a Holman Christian Standard Bible Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness. Desmond Tutu I have lost all hope of ever having any peace. I’ve forgotten what good times are like.So I say, “My glory has faded away. My hope in…
Hope is Born
A little Child, A shining star, A stable rude, The door ajar.Yet in that place, So crude, forlorn, The hope of all the world was born.(unknown)
Hope is Named
“Therefore the Lord himself will give you a sign. Behold, the virgin shall conceive and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14 English Standard Version) Our Hope is named Immanuel, meaning “God is with us.” Permanently and always. Jesus said, “No, I will not abandon you or leave you as orphans in the storm—I will…
Hope Promised
We often think Hope means “to wish for, to expect, but without certainty of fulfillment; to desire very much, but with no real assurance of getting your desire.” But in the Bible, according to translation and usage, “Hope” means “a strong, confident expectation.” The Hope Candle is also the Prophecy Candle. It is in Prophecy…
Today …
“Gratitude unlocks the fullness of life. It turns what we have into enough, and more. It turns denial into acceptance, chaos to order, confusion to clarity. It can turn a meal into a feast, a house into a home, a stranger into a friend.”Melody Beattie When you rise in the morning, give thanks for the…
It Never Happened
Thanksgiving Day
We Thank Thee For flowers that bloom about our feet,Father, we thank Thee.For tender grass so fresh, so sweet,Father, we thank Thee.For the song of bird and hum of bee,For all things fair we hear or see,Father in heaven, we thank Thee.For blue of stream and blue of sky,Father, we thank Thee.For pleasant shade of…
