Yesterday was Easter. It’s always been a favorite holiday of
mine because it’s really no frills. You just get together and eat (which is clearly
something I love) and you celebrate hope, because after all without the meaning
of Easter we wouldn’t have much hope.
I’m grateful for hope. I mean really, you have no idea, actually
that’s not true. So many of you know exactly what I mean. On days when it is
dark and I mean dark down to our soul’s dark, it is such a help to know that
there is hope. Maybe not today, probably not tomorrow … but someday there will
be an end.
Growing up I was privy to our January Crusade every year and
I had the privilege of hearing Mr. Jon Randles speak on many occasions. He got
to spend this Easter face to face with Jesus. He got to see his hope, his reason
for fighting face to face and look square into His eyes. I know with all my
heart that in that moment, it was ALL worth it and then some for Mr. Randles.
So I cling to hope, because even though there are dark days,
there will come a day when I will see my hope face to face and it will all be
worth it.
I cling to hope because some days it is all I have. On the
days when we can’t form a sentence to save our lives, on the days when the
anxiety overtakes us and we get scared and cry like a child, on the days when
we aren’t sure where we are or what is going on … I have hope.
My very favorite verse states this promise …
“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope… Because of
the Lord’s great love we are not consumed.”
We have hope!
I’m thankful for hope today … I’m thankful for the promise,
His promise and I am oh so grateful for the cross, because without it how
hopeless I would be.
