In preparation for ministry… I study… Hope…
A topic I’ve not spent much time in… something I always thought I had in short supply… being beat into pragmatism and pessimism… by the world…
But this morning… I found much evidence of hope in my life…
You see… faith is a strong suit of mine… I believe Him to be who He says He is… I accept it because He says…
And this morning I remembered the deep connection to faith and hope…
Now faith is the assurance of things hoped for, the conviction of things not seen.
Hebrews 11:1 ESV
Do you see it…?
Faith is… the assurance… of things hoped for…
At the heart of faith… is HOPE…
If I live by faith… then I live by hope…
In being faithful to Him… I do some pretty crazy things…
Like invite ladies to a Bible study that’s not yet complete… but move forward by faith… week by week… as if it is… assurance of things hoped for…
And I write… by faith… the conviction of things unseen…
Because… If I really had NO hope… I wouldn’t invite… I wouldn’t write…
Evidence of hope…? in my life…?
Wow…! I just may feel a little hope at the thought of it all…
Amen…
