Our hope rests in God alone.
Not in you, not in me…in Him.
This can sometimes be difficult to remember – especially if you’re like
me and like to (pretend to) have control.
I like to be able to have my list of things to accomplish, cross them
off, and move forward towards achieving my goal.
This adoption journey that I am on has been a great exercise
for me in letting go of the details and trusting that God has a plan and is in
control. I have been working on focusing
on the happiness that is in the hope that God has for me, for the sweet little
girl that I can’t wait to welcome home, for those who love Him, and for those
He calls His own.
Everywhere I look – and even when I try not to – messages of
all that is wrong with the world bombard me.
We see people who serve Him, who serve others, who love on the widows
and the orphans, and who simply proclaim their love of God persecuted. It seems that it would be easier to just toss
up our arms and give up. If we let
ourselves, it would be so easy to lose hope, to lose happiness.
But this is not how we are called to live our lives.
“Let your steadfast
love, O LORD, be upon us even as we hope in you.” Ps 33:22
"Why are you cast down, O my soul, and why are you in turmoil
within me? Hope in God; for I
shall again praise him, my salvation and my God.” Ps 44:11
"But I will hope
continually and will praise you yet more and more.” Ps 71:14
"For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord, plans for good and not for evil,
to give you a future and a hope.”
Jeremiah 29:11
On January 1, I began reading “"The Happiness Project”
and using the associated journal. Each
day (I admittedly have missed a few) I make a one sentence entry. Between the pace with which life is passing
and the negative messages surrounding our lives, it is really easy to lose
track of the happy moments. This has
been a great exercise for me to be intentional about acknowledging and
capturing the hope and happiness that can be found each and every day no matter
what else is going on. I would encourage
you to consider joining me in capturing the hope and happiness that surrounds
us. I trust that you will be blessed as
I have.
I know - and fully believe - that my hope and happiness are found in my Lord and I believe that He wants us to recognize and celebrate it.
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