My heart hurts
as it has some sadness
as it has some disappointment
as it has some despair
as it has some_______.
My heart hurts
for what was
as I wait for what will be.
My heart hurts,
but it is in the hurt
where HOPE seeks a space to fill.
What if our hearts never hurt,
would we need A SAVIOR
to be born
who would do the unimaginable
who would do the indescribable
who would do the impossible
that no one
that no thing
could ever do.
But
HOPE was birthed
on that one
SILENT NIGHT
AWAY IN A MANGER
when the world was
hurting
just like our hurting world today.
Has anything really changed
since way back in BC
when the world was crying out for
HOPE
to be birthed into all hurting hearts?
Oh the healing power of HOPE.
HOPE~
confident expectation and desire;
confident expectation that good things are coming.
HOPE is CERTAINTY.
HOPE is strong confidence in the promises of GOD.
"HOPE is not a granted wish or favor performed; no, it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a GOD
who loves to surprise us out of our socks and
be there in the flesh to see our reaction " (Max Lucado).
It isn’t the “maybe it will happen" kind of HOPE
because
HOPE IS BIRTHED~
“Behold I make things new” (Isaiah 43:19).
Where do you need a newness, a new birth?
What are you HOPING for?
HOPE IS BIRTHED
because
THE BABY was BIRTHED
to fill every nook & cranny of your hurting heart.
HOPE is a precious gift that we have to cleave to,
just as a baby cleaves to his/her mother,
therefore we are to cleave to
THIS BABY~
Our Living HOPE.
Thank YOU GOD
for
"THE HOPE OF CHRISTMAS" (listen to the song below)