Partners in Hope

To come out of the shadows and live in the light, we must be willing to shift our focus from our grief and woundedness to God’s comfort and care.

God is greater than any problem we may face, and we can truly be secure in the fact that God will take care of us.

We must stop using our problems as an excuse to sit on the sidelines of life.

How many times in a day do we struggle with the impatience?  Things are not happening as quickly as we thought they would.  Someone isn't meeting our needs in the way we thought they should.  We even think God is slow in how and when He responds to our prayers – particularly when we tell Him what we need and expect Him to respond immediately. What to do about it all?

We spoke yesterday about how our lives and the telling of the story of God’s goodness to us can be useful, like salt, to enhance life for others. bBut, what if the people God wants us to share with and enhance their lives are our enemies?  Do we still want be vulnerable and share and pray for their lives to be made better?

Everything Jesus said and did showed us the amazing qualities of God. He made the lives of people around Him better by sharing God’s truth with them, and by pouring out compassion, healing, and forgiveness on them. In a way that’s a bit like what happens when salt is added to food, so the presence and words of Jesus seasoned the lives of everyone He met and made them better. We can be flavoured with that same hope and trust by the salt of God’s word as we read and come to know how God truly can make a difference in our lives.