Handing Out Hope…
Hope.
It means to put trust in, to believe in, to desire. It is someone or something that carries your expectation. You can hope for peace, for change, for a better time. Some place hope in a person, in an ideal, or in God.
It’s a word we hear often, especially at Christmas time. So what do you put your hope in?
As I’ve wandered through my short 24 years of life, my hope has gone through a few different owners. Money, a boyfriend, the future and its well laid-out plans, someone’s word, a promise, a better day. I’ve handed it to unfit owners for years.
But when it gets handed back to me, ripped apart and in pieces, you know who takes it in His hands and slowly mends the pieces back together? Jesus Christ. My hope has only ever found its survival and life in Him.
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This Christmas season I am again reminded of where my hope needs to be. Jesus Christ is the only one deserving of my trust, my expectation, and my belief.
As you walk through this Christmas season, ask yourself: What do I put my hope in? Where is my hope getting handed out to?
Further reading: Is the Christmas Story True? Does it Still Matter Today?
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I put my hope in Jesus and with the new year approaching I’m learning more and more to trust in Him because I know 2009 will be a very tough year. I pray that everyone who visits here remembers the Jesus is with you even in the darkest of times!!!!