Did yesterday’s song seem a little “chirpy” to you? I know. But right now, I need some chirpy in my life. And the best part of that song, aside from the earworm it leaves, it the hope it engenders. God doesn’t scrap us or our mistakes; He fixes them and us. That is reason for celebration: there is hope: He’s got this. He’s got you. He’s got me.
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We are merely moving shadows,
and all our busy rushing ends in nothing.
We heap up wealth,
not knowing who will spend it.
And so, Lord, where do I put my hope?
My only hope is in you.
Psalm 39:6-7 NLT
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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
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But me, I’m not giving up.
I’m sticking around to see what God will do.
I’m waiting for God to make things right.
I’m counting on God to listen to me.
Micah 7:7 The Message
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“Hope is not optimism,
which is based on the belief that things will get better.
Hope is the faith that God is working for our good
even when things seem to be at their worst.”
John Piper
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I pray that God, the source of all hope,
will infuse your lives with an abundance of joy and peace
in the midst of your faith so that your hope
will overflow through the power of the Holy Spirit.
Romans 15:13 The Voice
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“Hope is favorable and confident expectation;
it’s an expectant attitude that something good is going to happen
and things will work out, no matter what situation we’re facing.”
Joyce Meyer
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Now may our Lord Jesus Christ himself and God our Father,
who loved us and by his grace gave us eternal comfort and a wonderful hope,
comfort you and strengthen you in every good thing you do and say.
2 Thessalonians 2:16-17 NLT