Hope

Did you ever have a time when your relationship with God just wasn't what it should be? When you had questions that no one could answer? Really hard questions? I have. This is a hard one for me because I have been a Christian for a long time and I should have my act together by now right? Wrong. I'm sharing this because I know there have got to be more people out there that struggle or have struggled with the same thing. I was on my way home from praise and worship practice last night and I was just numb to the whole thing. I turned on the radio and a song came on that described how I felt to a "t". It is by Nicol Sponberg called "Resurrection". She sings of her heart being lifeless and cold, how she's used up all her strength and has nothing left to give. She goes on to sing how God is the only one who can take her empty shell and raise it from the dead.

As I cried I could hear in my spirit the word "hope". I got up this morning and looked up all the scriptures I could on hope. There were 150 to start. Psalm 31:24 says "Be of good courage, and He shall strengthen your heart, All you who hope in the LORD. Psalm 71:14 says "But I will hope continually, and will praise You yet more and more." I may not ever have all my questions answered but I do know this - I know God is real and I know the devil is real. I know the devil is everything evil so God has to be everything good. My hope is that one day I will be able to accept God's love the way He meant it to be accepted. My hope is that one day I will be able to worship Him the way He deserves to be worshipped. My hope is that these words will help someone else find hope......