Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Hope

The word hope has been coming to my mind a lot lately. For some reason I usually think of hope as a somewhat passive action. I wait by quietly hoping that something will happen. I hope that my circumstances will change soon.  I am nervous and hope everything is going to turn out OK.  

I began thinking that hope is not passive but it is extremely powerful because God is a God of hope. Hope allows us to be filled with joy and peace while everything around us may be uncertain and scary. Hope helps us persevere and endure through hard times. Hope enables us to be encouraged and encourage others. Hope allows us to take risks with great faith.

 I pray that I can live a life overflowing with hope!