How do you keep hope alive?
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I can't think of a time that I've ever been "hopeless". No matter how difficult or devastating a situation has seemed, I've always known that God has a plan for me, for my life, and He will make something good come from the present bad. That's a promise we have in scripture--Jeremiah 29:11.
Don't get me wrong, there have been plenty of times when I struggled to get up in the morning or allowed myself to be consumed by the negative stuff of this world. But that's the reality--it's just of this world; this is temporary, just a flash in comparison to eternity. I stay rooted in my faith and I make a conscious effort not to worry about things that I cannot change and I do my best to take time to pray over things that concern me. It sounds simple, but it's who I am and I have peace because of it.
(credit to http://babyloveletters.typepad.com/baby_love_letters/)
I can't think of a time that I've ever been "hopeless". No matter how difficult or devastating a situation has seemed, I've always known that God has a plan for me, for my life, and He will make something good come from the present bad. That's a promise we have in scripture--Jeremiah 29:11.
Don't get me wrong, there have been plenty of times when I struggled to get up in the morning or allowed myself to be consumed by the negative stuff of this world. But that's the reality--it's just of this world; this is temporary, just a flash in comparison to eternity. I stay rooted in my faith and I make a conscious effort not to worry about things that I cannot change and I do my best to take time to pray over things that concern me. It sounds simple, but it's who I am and I have peace because of it.
