A New Direction

Hope...the confident expectation in the unseen future or the happy expectation of good. Do I have hope?  Do you?  Be honest...I will. What do I hope for? Hope for a better day... Hope for a better job... Hope for a Godly relationship... Hope for financial freedom... Hope for  a healthier, fitter body... Hope for restored relationships with loved ones... Hope that my family will all come to know Jesus... What do you hope for?  Do you think you can obtain all of those things on your own or do you trust in the one who can provide all your needs? Jeremiah 29:11 "For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the Lord, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope." God already knows what the outcome will be for all the things you HOPE for.  He can see the WHOLE picture...but he only gives us just enough to light our next step.  Why?  Because if we saw it all, the good and the bad, it would cripple us!!...

I woke up this morning before my alarm with a song in my heart...a prayer.  As I sat down to begin my bible study I was overwhelmed by God's presence.  So overwhelmed that I sat with eyes closed and began to silently cry.  I kept my eyes closed because I could see Him.   Years ago I had a dream.  A very vivid dream.  I was laying in a room, dressed in white.  In the corner of the room was Jesus.  He was patiently sitting there, waiting.  I remember asking him to just wait, because I wanted to see my brother first.  Jesus was waiting for me to come home.  (I still get emotional writing this).  I remember after a time my brother Mike appeared, knelt beside me and told me it was ok.  He loved me.  And then I was curled up in my Saviors lap, like a little girl.  He was patient and let me see my my brother before he ushered me into his arms.  I sit here with tears streaming down my face.  I will ...