Sunday Reflections: Hope

What is hope?   To me, hope is the belief that no matter how bad life seems in the moment, there are better things ahead of us.   Through the past couple of years, I often couldn't see the joy that lay ahead of us while in the middle of sadness and grief.   Because of my faith, I knew that I was promised better days after the storms of life, and I struggled to hold onto that faith and promise on the darkest days.   Looking back, I know that I would not have made it to this point without that hope and faith.   I still believe that there are better days of joy ahead of us in this life and after.  I just love this song, and I want to always remember the words that have meant so much to me this past year.

Hope In Front Me

By: Danny Gokey

I've been running through rain

That I thought would never end

Trying to make it on faith

In a struggle against the wind

I've seen the dark and the broken places

But I know in my soul

No matter how bad it gets

I'll be alright

There's hope in front of me

There's a light, I still see it

There's a hand still holding me

Even when I don't believe it

I might be down but I'm not dead

There's better days still up ahead

Even after all I've seen

There's hope in front of me

There's a place at the end of the storm

You finally find

Where the hurt and the tears and the pain

All fall behind

{Listen to the song here.}

Lamentations 3:20-23
I well remember them, and my soul is downcast within me.  Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:  Because of the LORD's great love we are not consumed, for his compassions never fail. They are new every morning; great is your faithfulness.

May you find this hope today in the promises of better things to come.