Live
It is the day before tomorrow. Tomorrow could bring the end of all things. So, today we must live. Today, before tomorrow begins. Because this day, right here, right now, is everything. It is all we have. Hold it close.
Two Thousand Twenty Three
Today is the second day of 2023. It is the only second day of 2023 you and I will ever have. Here is a question to ponder as we begin this first week- What does hope mean to you?
Today
It’s a new day, but I feel stuck in yesterday and pulled towards tomorrow. My thoughts have been on “current events” that have been troubling me or on what “current events’ may happen tomorrow or next week or… I have been so focused on things outside of my control that I have lost my focus …
Surprise
Some mornings you get an unexpected gift. A gift that comes in the middle of anger and violence, racial and political division, discouragement, and even hopelessness. A gift that reminds me/us that the Creator of the universe is life-giving, beauty-producing, and most of all Love.
Pause
I need to take a moment. I cannot write a blog about hope and not acknowledge the times in which we are living. Yes, there is still hope in the middle of COVID-19 and there are also many who are afraid, feeling lost, and overwhelmed. People are searching for something solid and unchanging. We all …
Yet
Yet. The most significant step on the road to hope starts with the word, “yet.” I was in despair, yet… All was darkness, yet… I was forsaken, yet… Many are the afflictions, yet… “Yet” is found throughout the Bible. Without it, I would have never taken that first step towards hope. Hope is destroyed when …