Hope is a four letter word we all need. We have faith to believe that tomorrow will come. That hope keeps us from despair in terms of the faithfulness of God and the belief that the next step we take has meaning.
These are great thoughts, and I love philosophizing and theologizing.
I also live with people who are in burnout and poverty and circumstances that are not nice. They arise in the morning with the sense that today will happen – but that doesn’t make it easy or pretty.
I guess that’s where love comes into play. God loves me – even before I recognized his presence. When I enter into an awareness of God’s love, when I accept his offer of connection through Jesus, then I have a daily opportunity to rest.
Rest in an assurance that the day will pass, but also that I will be enclosed in a shelter in the time of storms.
The present presence takes us beyond future promises. These three remain: faith, hope and love. I’m glad love sustains me each day.