PLACING OUR HOPE IN GOD!

PLACING OUR HOPE IN GOD!
Today we have a VERSE
From Isaiah
Probably ONE of the most
Famous verses=of any by the LORD=
One of my favorites
"They that HOPE in the Lord
Will RENEW their strength
They will soar
As with eagle's wings"                                                                                                                          Isaiah 40:31
What a great line
What a great VIRTUE=
HOPE IS
Hope is the virtue
That carries our FAITH
And love into the FUTURE
The future is scary
IT is UNCERTAIN=
That is WHY
WE buy insurance
But what do we
PLACE our future hope in?
Certainly not ourselves=
NOT in a guru=
Not in a church
We place OUR HOPE
IN OUR LORD
"Why my soul
Are you downcast?
Why so disturbed
Within me?
PUT YOUR HOPE IN GOD=
For I will
Praise him
My Savior=and MY GOD"                                                                                                                        Psalm 43:5
"There is surely
A FUTURE HOPE for you
And your HOPE
Will not be cut off"                                                                                                                           Proverbs 23:18
"For in THIS HOPE
We were saved
But HOPE that is een
Is no hope at all
Who HOPES FOR
What they already have?
But if we HOPE
For what we
Do not yet have
We waith for it patiently"                                                                                                          Romans 8:24-25
PLACING OUR HOPE IN GOD!
We PLACE our hope in God
Like an EAGLE
How does the eagle soar?
EFFORTLESSLY=and with strength
And perseverance=and grace
These are QUALITIES that
We have too=if we place
OUR HOPE in God
And what quality is there
That is better than PERESEVERANCE=
The ability
To withstand all things
"Consider it pure joy
My brothers and sisters
Whenever you face trials
Of many kinds
Because you know that
The testing of your faith
PRODUCES PERSEEVERANCE"                                                                                                     James 1:2-3
My dear LOVING GOD=help us
To PLACE all OUR HOPE IN YOU
And give us the strength=
Perseverance=and grace to HELP
Bring about a BETTER FUTURE
Than which WE ever hoped
PLACING OUR HOPE IN YOU DEAR LORD!
In Jesus' name=and in the name=of our EVER HOPEFUL GOD
Robert P. Wallman
12-10-19

Ps         INSPIRED by an article in LIVING FAITH MAGAZINE by  Sr. Melannie Svoboda, S.N.D.