Posted in Depression, Hope, tagged 1st Peter 03 on June 8, 2011| Leave a Comment »
[B]e ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you…” – 1st Peter 3:15b
The admonition to be ready to give an answer for our hope presumes there is hope in there to give an answer for.
Normal Christian living is filled with Hope. If hope is not there it’s time to find the kink in the hose and get it fixed.
– fritz@langgang.com
Posted in Endurance, Hope, Joseph, tagged Genesis 50, Romans 05 on April 29, 2011| 2 Comments »
Joseph’s brothers … sent a message …”Before our father died, he told us to ask you, Please forgive the crime your brothers committed” … Joseph cried when he received this message. – Genesis 50:15-17 (GNB)
Joseph’s family relationships never completely healed. In fact his whole life was a strange mix of joy and sorrow.
So is ours. Some things can’t be fixed, only endured — yet through the endurance comes something obtained no other way.
The apostle Paul wisely decided not to just endure but to embrace these, focused on the results.
And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God’s glory! We also boast of our troubles, because we know that trouble produces endurance, endurance brings God’s approval, and his approval creates hope. – Romans 5:3-4 (GNB)
Difficulties show God is not finished, yet. Our value to him isn’t in what we can do for him, cast off like an old shoe when we’re done. We still have future and God is preparing us for it; changing our character to be able to embrace it.
Prayer: Thank you, Father, for giving grace to endure and a living hope for the future.
Sound Bite: I shall not only endure, but embrace God’s character building process!
-fritz@langgang.com
Posted in Hope, tagged image - SunriseTree on February 13, 2011| Leave a Comment »
“And the evening and the morning were the first day.” – Genesis 1:5b
God’s days never end in darkness. See it through to God’s kind of ending!
– fritz
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